This section outlines some of the public involvement activity undertaken by the Patient Experience Research Centre.
Recent public involvement activity
Diversifying Research Podcast
This podcast series, developed by Fola Afolabi, aims to critically consider how to improve the inclusion of underrepresented voices in reserarch. Across the 10 episodes Fola is joined by guests to discuss this important issue from the perspective of members of the public, community leaders, patient and public involvement practitioners and researchers. Check out some of her episodes below, and catch the full series here.
Episode 9 – Promoting public involvement in research
Maria Piggin, the Partnerships and Training Manager at the NIHR BRC Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC), highlights the importance of public involvement in research; she also provides advice to researchers who are interested in involving the public in their research.
Episode 10 – How to get involved in research
Maria Piggin, the Partnerships and Training Manager at the NIHR BRC Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC), explains how members of the public and patients can get involved in research activities.
Contact us
PERC Director and Co-Founder
Prof. Helen Ward
h.ward@imperial.ac.uk
For enquiries about PERC's research activity, please email:
patientexperience@imperial.ac.uk
For enquiries about public involvement in research, please email:
publicinvolvement@imperial.ac.uk
Read our blog
All posts- Public engagement and involvement at the Cardiomyopathy UK conference: When researchers and the public meet
- Why did nobody ask us?! Reflections and findings from co-produced research into children’s vaccine uptake.
- Three key takeaways from our participation in the Research Engagement Network (REN) community roadshows
- You and Your Health Data: Results of our Great Exhibition Road Festival activity
- “I sound like Darth Vader and I cough up fur balls” How people living with Airway Stenosis have informed my research career so far.
- How public involvement changed our research question exploring experiences of people with Long Covid
