Yr Athro Jonathan Shepherd
CBE FMedSci DDSc PhD FDSRCS FRCS FRCPsych FRCEM FFPH FLSW

Yr Athro Emeritws mewn Llawfeddygaeth Llafar a Maxillofacial

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Research Theme

Applied Clinical Research & Public Health

Research Group

Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE FMedSci is professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and directs the Violence and Society Research Group which won the University a 2009 Queen's Prize in Higher Education. His research on clinical decisions and community violence have made many contributions to clinical and public policy and legislation. Prompted by his discoveries he led the development of a prototype community safety partnership which he continues to chair and which was used as a model in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act which mandated the creation of such partnerships across Great Britain. He initiated and developed the pioneering Universities' Police Science Institute in Wales, the information sharing model for violence prevention which was adopted in the 2008 UK violence reduction strategy and by the Coalition Government in 2010, and a comprehensive care pathway for people harmed by violence. His proposal in 2008 for an independent professional body for policing was taken up by government and the new College of Policing was launched in 2013 underpinned by primary legislation. His surveys, laboratory work and field experiments on glass injury resulted in a switch to toughened glassware and polycarbonate and plasticware in the UK licensed trade. His research prompted the historic first National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal and guidance in 2000. He won the 2008 Stockholm Criminology Prize (the first UK recipient of what The Times described as "the equivalent of a Nobel prize"); is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists reflecting his contributions to alcohol and traumatic stress treatment services; of the College of Emergency Medicine; and of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians. He has served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery and council member and trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England which awarded him an Honorary FRCS in 2012, and as vice chair of the national charity Victim Support. He contributed to the Domestic Violence (Wales) Bill and spoke for the NHS at the 2012 launch of the White Paper. He initiated and convenes the professions summit series including the 2013 summit on evidence-informed practice chaired by Lord O'Donnell. Since 2004 he has been a member of the UK government's alcohol strategy group which, most recently, developed and delivered the national 2012 strategy which includes actions resulting from his research. He is a member of council of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a member of the Home Office Science Advisory Council.

2025

Miller, P., Taylor, N., Egerton-Warburton, D., Baker, T., Kloot, K., Shepherd, J. and Akhlaghi, H. 2025. Using emergency department data to reduce late-night alcohol-related presentations in an Australian central business district.. Injury Prevention (10.1136/ip-2024-045362)

2024

Matthews, K., Heravi, S., Morgan, P., Page, N., Shepherd, J. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2024. Alcohol prices, the April effect, and the environment, in violence-related injury in England and Wales. European Journal of Health Economics 25(2), pp. 237-255. (10.1007/s10198-023-01583-w)
Sivarajasingam, V., Shi, J., Guan, B., Page, N., Moore, S., Farnell, D. and Shepherd, J. 2024. Serious violence in England and Wales in 2023: An Accident & Emergency perspective. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2016

Moore, S. C., Wood, A. M., Moore, L., Shepherd, J., Murphy, S. and Brown, G. D. A. 2016. A rank based social norms model of how people judge their levels of drunkenness whilst intoxicated. BMC Public Health 16, article number: 798. (10.1186/s12889-016-3469-z)

2015

Sivarajasingam, V., Page, N., Wells, J., Morgan, P., Matthews, K., Moore, S. and Shepherd, J. 2015. Trends in violence in England and Wales 2010-2014. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 70(6), pp. 616-621. (10.1136/jech-2015-206598)
Shepherd, J. P. and Page, N. 2015. The economic downturn probably reduced violence far more than licensing restrictions. Addiction 110(10), pp. 1583-1584. (10.1111/add.13023)
Moore, S. C. et al. 2015. All-Wales Licensed Premises Intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence. Public Health Research 3(10) (10.3310/phr03100)
Roked, Z., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2015. Feasibility of alcohol misuse screening and treatment in the dental setting. The Lancet 385, pp. S84. (10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60399-3)

2014

Newbury-Birch, D. et al. 2014. Alcohol screening and brief interventions for offenders in the probation setting (SIPS trial): a pragmatic multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial. Alcohol and Alcoholism 49(5), pp. 540-548. (10.1093/alcalc/agu046)
Roked, Z., Watson, R., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2014. Identification of alcohol misuse in dental patients. Faculty Dental Journal 5(3), pp. 134-137. (10.1308/204268514X14017784506050)
Drummond, C. et al. 2014. The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 9(6), article number: e99463. (10.1371/journal.pone.0099463)
Sivarajasingam, V., Page, N., Morgan, P. H., Matthews, K. G. P., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2014. Trends in community violence in England and Wales 2005-2009. Injury 45(3), pp. 592-598. (10.1016/j.injury.2013.06.020)
Moore, S. C. et al. 2014. All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence. BMC Public Health 14(1), pp. -., article number: 21. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-21)
Piquero, A. R., Farrington, D. P., Shepherd, J. P. and Auty, K. 2014. Offending and early death in the Cambridge study in delinquent development. Justice Quarterly 31(3), pp. 445-472. (10.1080/07418825.2011.641027)
Shepherd, J. P. 2014. How to achieve more effective services: the evidence ecosystem. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: What Works Network/Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/how-to-achieve-more-effective-services-the-evidence-ecosystem/r/a11G0000006z7vXIAQ

2013

Kaner, E. et al. 2013. Effectiveness of screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary care (SIPS trial): pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 346(jan09), article number: e8501. (10.1136/bmj.e8501)
Playle, R. A., Moore, S. C., Murphy, S., Moore, L., Hood, K. and Shepherd, J. P. 2013. Overcoming the challenge of conducting a pragmatic randomised trial in premises licensed for the on-site sale and consumption of alcohol [poster presentation]. Trials 14(Suppl), pp. P28. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-S1-P28)
Sivarajasingam, V., Page, N., Morgan, P. H., Matthews, K., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2013. OP44 trends in community violence in England and Wales 2005-2009. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 67(Suppl), pp. A22-A23. (10.1136/jech-2013-203126.44)
Florence, C., Shepherd, J. P., Brennan, I. and Simon, T. R. 2013. An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury. Injury Prevention 20(2), pp. 108-114. (10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040622)
Shepherd, J. P. 2013. Report of the summit: professions and evidence-informed practice. National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta). Available at: http://www.alliance4usefulevidence.org/publication/report-of-the-professions-summit-professions-and-evidence-informed-practice/
Shepherd, J. P. 2013. A Medical Royal College perspective. In: C, L. ed. Towards a Royal College of Teaching Raising the Status of the Profession. London: Royal College of Surgeons of England, pp. 15-25.

2012

Robinson, A. L., Brisbane, J., Farrar, J., Hardy, P., Jones, B., Pickles, J. and Shepherd, J. P. 2012. The Welsh Government's proposed 'Ending Violence Against Women and Domestic Abuse (Wales) Bill': Recommendations from the Task & Finish Group. Technical Report.
Shepherd, J. . P. and Bisson, J. I. 2012. Managing the impact of violence on mental health, including among witnesses and those affected by homicide. Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Roked, Z., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2012. Alcohol misuse: screening and treatment in primary dental care. Faculty Dental Journal 3(2), pp. 73-77. (10.1308/204268512X13312096186325)
Moore, S. C., Murphy, S., Moore, S. N., Brennan, I., Byrne, E., Shepherd, J. P. and Moore, L. A. R. 2012. An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol related harm including violence in the United Kingdom. BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 412. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-412)
Coulton, S. et al. 2012. Screening for alcohol use in criminal justice settings: an exploratory study. Alcohol and Alcoholism 47(4), pp. 423-427. (10.1093/alcalc/ags048)
Shepherd, J. P. 2012. Intervening with violence: priorities for reform from a public health perspective. In: Loever, R. and Welsh, B. eds. The Future of Criminology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 211-219.
Sinclair, J. et al. 2012. Alcohol and other drugs: core medical competencies. Final report of the working group of the medical Royal Colleges. Project Report. [Online]. London: Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and Royal College of Psychiatrists. Available at: http://www.aomrc.org.uk/doc_view/9496-alcohol-and-drugs-core-medical-competences

2011

Piquero, A. R., Shepherd, I., Shepherd, J. P. and Farrington, D. P. 2011. Impact of offending trajectories on health: disability, hospitalisation and death in middle-aged men in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 21(3), pp. 189-201. (10.1002/cbm.810)
Jones, S., Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2011. The impact of deprivation on youth violence: a comparison of cities and their feeder towns. Emergency Medicine Journal 28, pp. 496-499. (10.1136/emj.2009.090282)
Florence, C., Shepherd, J. P., Brennan, I. and Simon, T. 2011. Effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: experimental study and time series analysis. British Medical Journal 342, article number: d3313. (10.1136/bmj.d3313)
Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J. P. and Newcombe, R. G. 2011. Why public health must contribute to reduce violence [Letter]. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 343, pp. d4453. (10.1136/bmj.d4453)

2010

Moore, S. C., Brennan, I. R., Murphy, S., Byrne, E., Moore, S. N., Shepherd, J. P. and Moore, L. A. R. 2010. The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health 10, article number: 607. (10.1186/1471-2458-10-607)
Nasr, I., Sivarajasingam, V., Jones, S. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Gender inequality in the risk of violence: material deprivation is linked to higher risk for adolescent girls. Emergency Medicine Journal 27(11), pp. 811-814. (10.1136/emj.2008.068528)
Bisson, J. I., Weltch, R., Maddern, S. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Implementing a screening programme for post-traumatic stress disorder following violent crime. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 1, pp. 5541-5541. (10.3402/ejpt.v1i0.5541)
Brennan, I. R., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders. Psychiatry Research 178(3), pp. 536-539. (10.1016/j.psychres.2009.05.006)
Shepherd, J. P., Tuthill, D., Parry, B. and Dowd, H. 2010. An audit of emergency medicine responses to children injured in violence. Emergency Medicine Journal 27(2), pp. 125-127. (10.1136/emj.2008.069526)
Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. The roles of doctors and health services in community violence prevention. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 71(3), pp. 135-7.
Brennan, I. R., Shepherd, J. P. and Moore, S. C. 2010. Risk factors for violent victimisation and injury from six years of the British Crime Survey. International Review of Victimology 17(2), pp. 209-229. (10.1177/026975801001700204)
Sivarajasingam, V., Read, S. M., Svobodova, M., Wight, L. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Hate violence: emergency department perspective [Abstract]. Injury Prevention 16(Supp.1), pp. A151-A152. (10.1136/ip.2010.029215.543)
Sivarajasingam, V., Moore, S. C., Wells, J. P. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Violence in England and Wales 2009: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2009.pdf
Shepherd, J. P. 2010. Reducing alcohol misuse in trauma and other surgical patients position statement. Royal College of Surgeons of England.

2009

Shepherd, J. P., Shepherd, I., Newcombe, R. G. and Farrington, D. 2009. Impact of antisocial lifestyle on health: chronic disability and death by middle age. Journal of Public Health 31(4), pp. 506-511. (10.1093/pubmed/fdp054)
Newbury-Birch, D. et al. 2009. Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in probation services: A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 9, article number: 418. (10.1186/1471-2458-9-418)
Kaner, E. et al. 2009. Screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary care: A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Public Health 9, article number: 287. (10.1186/1471-2458-9-287)
Sivarajasingam, V., Morgan, P. H., Matthews, K., Shepherd, J. P. and Walker, R. V. 2009. Trends in violence in England and Wales 2000-2004: An accident and emergency perspective. Injury 40(8), pp. 820-825. (10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.017)
Sivarajasingam, V., Morgan, P. H., Shepherd, J. P. and Matthews, K. G. P. 2009. Vulnerability to assault injury: An emergency department perspective. Emergency Medicine Journal 26(10), pp. 711-714. (10.1136/emj.2008.061580)
Coulton, S. et al. 2009. Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: A randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research 9 (10.1186/1472-6963-9-114)
Sivarajasingam, V., Wells, J. P., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2009. Violence in England and Wales 2008: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2008.pdf
Shepherd, J. . P. 2009. A force to be reckoned with: Policy report by the policing reform working group. London: The Centre for Social Justice.
Boyle, A., Shepherd, J. P. and Sheehan, D. 2009. Guideline for information sharing to reduce community violence. Project Report. College of Emergency Medicine.

2008

Watt, K., Shepherd, J. P. and Newcombe, R. G. 2008. Drunk and dangerous: A randomised controlled trial of alcohol brief intervention for violent offenders. Journal of Experimental Criminology 4(1), pp. 1-19. (10.1007/s11292-007-9048-7)
Moore, S. and Shepherd, J. P. 2008. Observational and methodological issues in a multi-agency community-based intervention to reduce excessive drinking. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 15(SUPPL.), pp. 26-37. (10.1080/09687630802511407)
Oliver, S., Harden, A., Rees, R., Shepherd, J. P., Brunton, G. and Oakley, A. 2008. Young people and mental health: Novel methods for systematic review of research on barriers and facilitators. Health Education Research 23(5), pp. 770-790. (10.1093/her/cym038)
Shepherd, J. P. 2008. Re: Brennan PA, McCaul JA. The future of academic oral and maxillofacial surgery. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007;45:488-489. McKechnie A, McCaul J. Research training for oral and maxillofacial surgery. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2007;45:478-483. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 46(4), pp. 342-343. (10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.12.011)
Shepherd, J. P. and Brennan, I. R. 2008. Tackling knife violence. British Medical Journal 337(7663) (10.1136/bmj.a849)
Shepherd, J. P. and Shepherd, I. 2008. Shouldn't psychologists do more to tackle the reoffending crisis? [Letter]. The Psychologist 21(5), pp. 446.
Sivarajasingam, V., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2008. Violence in England and Wales 2007: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2007.pdf

2007

Shepherd, J. 2007. The production and management of evidence for public service reform. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 3(2), pp. 231-251. (10.1332/174426407781172225)
Moore, S. C., Shepherd, J. P., Eden, S. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2007. The effect of rugby match outcome on spectator aggression and intention to drink alcohol. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 17(2), pp. 118-127. (10.1002/cbm.647)
Perham, N. R., Moore, S. C., Shepherd, J. P. and Cusens, B. 2007. Identifying drunkenness in the night time economy. Addiction 102(3), pp. 377-380. (10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01699.x)
Walters, J. T. R., Bisson, J. I. and Shepherd, J. P. 2007. Predicting post-traumatic stress disorder: validation of the Trauma Screening Questionnaire in victims of assault. Psychological medicine 37(1), pp. 143-150. (10.1017/S0033291706008658)
Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2007. The elements and prevalence of fear. British Journal of Criminology 47(1), pp. 154-162. (10.1093/bjc/azl006)
Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2007. Gender specific emotional responses to anticipated crime. International Review of Victimology 14(3), pp. 337-351. (10.1177/026975800701400304)
Moore, S. C., Shepherd, J. P., Perham, N. and Cusens, B. 2007. The prevalence of alcohol intoxication in the night-time economy. Alcohol and Alcoholism 42(6), pp. 629-634. (10.1093/alcalc/agm054)

2006

Brennan, I. R., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. Non-firearm weapon use and injury severity: priorities for prevention. Injury Prevention 12(6), pp. 395-399. (10.1136/ip.2006.011858)
Shepherd, J. P., Sutherland, I. and Newcombe, R. G. 2006. Relations between alcohol, violence and victimization in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence 29(4), pp. 539-553. (10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.06.005)
Sivarajasingam, V., Matthews, K. G. P. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. Price of beer and violence-related injury in England and Wales. Injury 37(5), pp. 388-394. (10.1016/j.injury.2006.01.035)
Matthews, K. G. P., Shepherd, J. P. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2006. Violence-related injury and the price of beer in England and Wales. Applied Economics 38(6), pp. 661-670. (10.1080/00036840500397341)
Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. The cost of fear: shadow pricing the intangible costs of crime. Applied Economics 38(3), pp. 293-300. (10.1080/00036840500367781)
Matthews, K., Shepherd, J. and Sivarajasingham, V. 2006. Violence-related injury and the price of beer in England and Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Matthews, K., Shepherd, J., Sivarajasingham, V. and Benbow, S. 2006. Violence, gender and the price of beer in England and Wales. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
Moore, S. C., Jones, T. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. Red alert. Jane's Police Review 114, pp. 22-23.
Warburton, A. L. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. Tackling alcohol related violence in city centres: effect of emergency medicine and police intervention. Emergency Medicine Journal 23(1), pp. 12-17. (10.1136/emj.2004.023028)

2005

Sivarajasingam, V., Moore, S. and Shepherd, J. P. 2005. Winning, losing, and violence. Injury Prevention 11(2), pp. 69-70. (10.1136/ip.2004.008102)
Shepherd, J. P., Bellis, M., Hughes, K., Stewart, L., Kemm, J., Kohli, H. and Sanderson, H. 2005. Alcohol and violence. Faculty of Public Health.

2004

Shepherd, J. P., Farrington, D. and Potts, A. J. C. 2004. The impact of antisocial lifestyle on health. Journal of Public Health 26(4), pp. 347-352. (10.1093/pubmed/fdh169)
Bisson, J. I., Shepherd, J. P., Joy, D. L., Probert, R. and Newcombe, R. G. 2004. Early cognitive-behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after physical injury: Randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry 184(1), pp. 63-69. (10.1192/bjp.184.1.63)
Shepherd, J. P. and Bisson, J. I. 2004. Towards integrated health care: a model for assault victims. British Journal of Psychiatry 184(1), pp. 3-4. (10.1192/03-297)
Matthews, K. G. P., Peel, D., Shepherd, J. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2004. The price of beer and lager and violence-related injury in England and Wales: a fixed effects model. In: Yfantopoulos, J. N. ed. The Economics of Health Reforms. Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, pp. 791-808.
Warburton, A. L. and Shepherd, J. P. 2004. Development, utilisation, and importance of accident and emergency department derived assault data in violence management. Emergency Medicine 21(4), pp. 473-477.

2003

Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J. P. and Matthews, K. 2003. Effect of urban closed circuit television on assault injury and violence detection. Injury Prevention 9(4), pp. 312-316. (10.1136/ip.9.4.312)
Shepherd, J. 2003. Explaining feast or famine in randomized field trials: medical science and criminology compared. Evaluation Review 27(3), pp. 290-315. (10.1177/0193841X03027003005)
Smith, A. J., Hodgson, R. J., Bridgeman, K. and Shepherd, J. P. 2003. A randomised controlled trial of a brief intervention after alcohol-related facial injury. Addiction 98(1), pp. 43-52. (10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00251.x)
Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J., Matthews, K. G. P. and Jones, S. 2003. Violence-related injury data in England and Wales. An alternative data source on violence. British Journal of Criminology 43(1), pp. 223-227. (10.1093/bjc/43.1.223)

2002

Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J. P., Matthews, K. G. P. and Jones, S. 2002. Trends in violence in England and Wales 1995-2000: an accident and emergency perspective. Journal of Public Health 24(3), pp. 219-226. (10.1093/pubmed/24.3.219)
Sutherland, I., Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2002. Recording of community violence by medical and police services. Injury Prevention 8(3), pp. 246-247. (10.1136/ip.8.3.246)
Shepherd, J. P. and Sutherland, I. 2002. A personality based model of adolescent violence. British Journal of Criminology 42(2), pp. 433-441. (10.1093/bjc/42.2.433)

2001

Shepherd, J. P. 2001. Criminal deterrence as a public health strategy. The Lancet 358(9294), pp. 1717-1722. (10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06716-2)

2000

Bisson, J. I., Shepherd, J. P., Joy, D. and Probert, R. 2000. Randomised controlled trial of a brief early psychological intervention following acute physical injury. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 48(3), pp. 224-224.
Joy, D., Probert, R., Bisson, J. I. and Shepherd, J. P. 2000. Post-traumatic stress reactions after injury. Journal of Trauma 48(3), pp. 490-494.
Joy, D., Shepherd, J. P. and Bisson, J. I. 2000. Randomised trial of early, brief psychological intervention to prevent post traumatic stress disorder following injury. Journal of Dental Research 79(1s), pp. 607.

1999

Edwards, D. J., Horton, J., Shepherd, J. P. and Brickley, M. R. 1999. Impact of third molar removal on demands for post-operative care and job disruption: does anaesthetic choice make a difference?. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 81(2), pp. 223-227.

1998

Edwards, D. J., Brickley, M., Edwards, M. J. and Shepherd, J. P. 1998. Choice of anaesthetic and health care facility for third molar surgery. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 36(5), pp. 333-340.
Shepherd, J. P. and Lisles, C. 1998. Towards multi-agency violence prevention and victim support: An investigation of police-accident and emergency service liaison. British Journal of Criminology 38(3), pp. 351-370.

1997

Bisson, J. I., Shepherd, J. P. and Dhutia, M. 1997. Psychological sequelae of facial trauma. The Journal of Trauma 43(3), pp. 469-500.
al-Khateeb, T., Stephens, P., Shepherd, J. and Thomas, D. 1997. An investigation of preferential fibroblast wound repopulation using a novel in vitro wound model. Journal of Periodontology 68(11), pp. 1063-1069. (10.1902/jop.1997.68.11.1063)

1996

Stephens, P., Davies, K. J., Al-Khateeb, T., Shepherd, J. P. and Thomas, D. W. 1996. A comparison of the ability of intra-oral and extra-oral fibroblasts to stimulate extracellular matrix reorganization in a model of wound contraction. Journal of Dental Research 75(6), pp. 1358-1364. (10.1177/00220345960750060601)
Evans, D. J., Edwards, M. J., Brickley, M. and Shepherd, J. P. 1996. Factors affecting choice of anaesthetic modality for third molar surgery. Journal of Dental Research 75(5), pp. 1195. (10.1177/00220345960750050401)
Stephens, P., Al-Khateeb, T., Davies, K. J., Shepherd, J. P. and Thomas, D. W. 1996. An investigation of the interaction between alcohol and fibroblasts in wound healing. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 25(2), pp. 161-164. (10.1016/S0901-5027(96)80065-8)
Armstrong, R., Brickley, M., Evans, D., Cowpe, J. and Shepherd, J. P. 1996. Patient perceptions regarding the risks of morbidity and complications of lower third molar removal. Community Dental Health 13(1), pp. 17-21.

1995

Bisson, J. I. and Shepherd, J. P. 1995. Psychological reactions of victims of violent crime. British Journal of Psychiatry 167(6), pp. 718-720. (10.1192/bjp.167.6.718)

Professor Shepherd's research has made many contributions to clinical and public policy and legislation. Reflecting this, he is a member (2013-16) of the Home Office Science Advisory Council. Funded mainly from charitable sources the Clinical Decisions Research Group (1991-1999), which he led, produced more than 40 publications relating to decision making in surgery, dentistry and anaesthesia and prompted the influential Royal College of Surgeons of England guideline published in 1996 and the historic first National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal $acirc; on prophylactic removal of third molars (wisdom teeth) in 2000. As a result of these guidelines and his advocacy for selective surgery in the national media, third molar removal has declined very substantially: 30,000 fewer third molar operations were carried out in NHS dental services in 2003 compared to 1996.

He directs the Cardiff University Violence and Society Research Group which bridges the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Psychology and Business, and collaborates with the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. His proposals that the NHS should be a statutory responsible authority for crime prevention and alcohol licensing were adopted by successive Governments. In 1996 he set up what proved to be the prototype UK Community Safety Partnership (CSP) $acirc; a collaboration between Cardiff County Council, South Wales Police, the Cardiff Health Board, Victim Support and Cardiff University $acirc; the Cardiff Violence Prevention Group. Among other initiatives, this Group pioneered the combination of police and A&E data as a means of targeting police and other violence prevention activity, prompted a switch from annealed to tempered glassware in the licensed trade which led to a substantial fall in glass-related injury and set up a prototype care pathway for the treatment of victims of violence in the NHS involving a new traumatic stress clinic, Victim Support services and mental health A&E nurses who screen for mental health problems and deliver early mental health interventions. The Group is highlighted as a model of good practice in the 1998 Act. His research findings have been adopted in the 2003 Licensing Act, in the 2007 & 2012 Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategies and by the Law Commission. As a founder Trustee and Vice Chair (2001-2004) of the national charity Victim Support he has led the development of integrated services for victims. His work for the 1993 Royal Commission on Criminal Justice included a BMJ editorial on the role of expert evidence in criminal proceedings. He represents the National Assembly for Wales in the WHO Violence Prevention Alliance and has served as a member of many government committees and reference groups including policy seminars chaired by successive Home Secretaries. He continues to chair the Cardiff Partnership Violence Task Group: since 2003, Cardiff violent crime rates have been lowest in its Home Office family of 15 similar cities.

His research on alcohol misuse established a causal link between binge drinking and injury in assault, in part through NHS R&D and Research Council funded randomised experiments of brief (motivational interview) interventions in the lives of victims and offenders. He developed cost-effective one-stop alcohol misuse intervention/trauma clinic care, now the subject of nurse training material and implementation nationally.

Other recent research findings include the strong link between alcohol prices and injury sustained in violence in England and Wales; that the rate of assault injury in England and Wales remained stable from 1995-2000 and then decreased sharply - a trend which continues to 2013; and that financial incentives for glass recycling substantially decreases glass injury risk in public places. Jonathan Shepherd$acirc; s research with Michael Harrison on the design of cycle helmets led to the development, production and retail sale of the patented FaceSaver helmet, launched by the Formula One driver David Coulthard at the National Motor Show in 2002.

He proposed the establishment of a Royal College of Policing (founded in 2013) and university police schools as a foundation for police services, and is a keen advocate of rigorous evaluation in public services, for example by developing an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) field trials unit to mirror the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, through establishing NICE equivalents in crime reduction and education (the "What Works" centres announced in 2013); and by developing the roles of practitioner-academics. As founder secretary and chairman of his national specialty academic Association, he pioneered an integrated clinical/academic training programme which has become a model in UK medical academic training. He has served as President of his specialty international research society.

Jonathan Shepherd is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Vice Dean at Cardiff University. On completion of his clinical training at King$acirc; s College Hospital he graduated from the University of London in 1973. After House and Senior House Officer appointments at Kings, the Queen Victoria Hospital East Grinstead and the Eastman Dental Hospital in London he was appointed Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Oxford where he held a Research Fellowship in the Nuffield Department of Surgery. His research for his Oxford MSc established that lack of scarring following low temperature injury reflects preservation of the extracellular matrix and that healing by primary and secondary intention represents a continuum rather than distinctly different processes. He completed his specialist surgical training in Leeds University Hospitals during which a UK Government Overseas Development surgical appointment took him to the Ahmado Bello University Hospital in Nigeria where he investigated the association of Epstein Barr virus with ameloblastoma. These findings were published in the journal Cancer.

Observations that the miners strikes in the Yorkshire Coalfield in the 1980s were associated with increased community violence prompted his PhD, "Assault: characteristics of injured and injuries", after his appointment as Senior Lecturer/Consultant at the University of Bristol. This interdisciplinary research, spanning the social and medical sciences, provided many new insights $acirc; particularly the great extent to which assault resulting in NHS treatment is not reported to the police and the substantial mental health impact on victims in terms of posttraumatic disorder and other conditions. These discoveries were published in medical and social science journals and he summarised implications for clinical services and violence prevention in a series of 10 BMJ and Lancet editorials, which have informed his implementation and research work since then.

Professor Shepherd is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College Surgeons of England, and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2002 and currently serves on the Academy Council. Recent awards include the 2008 Stockholm Criminology Prize (The "Criminology Nobel") and a 2010 Queen's Prize in Higher Education. He was appointed CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to the justice system.

He lives with his family in leafy north Cardiff, where, with others interested in the Industrial Revolution in Wales, he built a working blast furnace.

Current Appointments

Director of the Cardiff University Violence Research Group

Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Vice Dean for Innovation and Engagement

Honorary Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Cardiff Health Board

Current committee/task group roles:

Home Office Science Advisory Council
Academy of Medical Sciences Council
College of Policing Programme Board, Home Office
Government and Partners Alcohol Working Group
Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network, Department of Health
Information Sharing Implementation Group, Department of Health
Domestic Violence (Wales) Bill Task and Finish Group, Welsh Government
Commission on a Royal College of Teaching, Prince's Teaching Institute
Wales Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
Royal College of Surgeons Honours Committee

Jonathan Shepherd has either authored or co-authored over 150 articles in refereed scientific journals.

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

I was appointed CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to the justice system and to healthcare.

Major awards:

2008 - Stockholm Criminology Prize (the "Criminology Nobel")
2010 - Queen's Prize in Higher Education
2014 - Colyer Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
2014 - Bradlaw Orator, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

I am an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians.

I was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2002 and to the Academy Council in 2011 and am a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine,
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Faculty of Public Health.

Contact Details

ShepherdJP@caerdydd.ac.uk
+44 29208 76534

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