Patient and public involvement in research
Credits
Dr Louise Locock
Louise Locock is a qualitative researcher and professor in health services research at the University of Aberdeen. Before joining the University of Aberdeen in 2017, she was Director of Applied Research at the Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford, and has led numerous studies disseminated on this site. Her research interests include experiences neurological conditions, medical research participation, patient and public involvement, and how patient experience can inform NHS service improvement.
Anne-Marie Boylan
Áine Kelly
Áine holds the Ann McPherson Fellowship and is the Research Assistant to the Health Experiences Research Group. She conducted her MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Surrey and is about to undertake her DPhil at the University of Oxford. She is interested in the health and wellbeing of looked after children and young people.
Joanna Crocker
Joanna is a Research Fellow at the Health Experiences Institute, University of Oxford, and is funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. With experience in basic science, quantitative and qualitative research, she is particularly interested in research methodology. Her current work focuses on assessing the impact of patient and public involvement in research.
Conrad Keating
Conrad is the Writer-in-Residence at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford. He is the author of ‘Smoking Kills: The Revolutionary Life of Richard Doll’. His most recent publication in the widely acclaimed Great Medical Discoveries: An Oxford Story, which accompanied the exhibition 'Great Medical Discoveries: 800 Years of Oxford Innovation' which he curated for the Bodleian Library.
Advisory Panel
Jennifer Bostock
Lay representative
Karan Harris
Lay representative
Michael Hocken
Lay representative
Fraser Old
Lay representative
Joanna Crocker
Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Fellow, University of Oxford
Sally Crowe
Director, Crowe Associates Ltd
Simon Denegri
Chair of INVOLVE and National Director for Public Participation and Engagement in Research, National Institute for Health Research
Alison Ford
Senior Programme Manager, National Institute for Health Research, University of Southampton
Kath Maguire
Associate Research Fellow in Patient and Public Engagement, University of Exeter Medical School
Christopher McKevitt
Reader in Social Science and Health, Division of Health and Social Care Research, School of Medicine, King’s College London
Alison Monk
Communications and Public Involvement Officer, NIHR Clinical Research Network: Thames Valley and South Midlands
Norma Morris
Honorary Research Associate, Institutional Research Information Service, University College London
Sophie Petit-Zeman
Director of Patient Involvement, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Helen Salisbury
GP and Research Advisor, Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford
Rosamund Snow
Researcher - PPI in Medical Education, University of Oxford
Sophie Stanisewska
Senior Research Fellow in Patient and Public Involvement and Patient Experiences, RCN Research Institute, Warwick Medical School
Mark Taylor
Central Commissioning Facility, National Institute for Health Research/Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Richard Thompson
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University
Sonia Vougioukalou
Public Engagement Associate, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research, University of Bristol
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank everyone who participated in this research for donating their time and experiences. We are grateful to everyone who supported this study, all those who helped with recruitment. We are especially grateful to Rosamund Snow.
The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Oxford is a partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Supported by:
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.