AuthorsBarron ~ DuncanDuncan Barron is Senior Research Fellow in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) at the University of Brighton and PPI Lead for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service (RDS) in the south east. Duncan has recently been seconded to Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Trust (BSUH) to help create and establish a PPI strategy for research across the whole Trust.View all articles by this authorChandler ~ RuthRuth Chandler coordinates service user and carer involvement in research at Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust and is the Chair of LEAF (lived experience advisory forum). She has direct experience of psychosis and caregiving and has been an associate lecturer in Sussex Surrey and Brighton University. She has coauthored two books on recovery.View all articles by this authorElliott ~ JimPublic Involvement Lead, Health Research Authority. Jim is an experienced health research manager with a particular interest in facilitating effective public involvement, which is driven by his own lived experiences as a longterm carer. Jim leads the HRA’s work on public involvement and is a public contributor to a number of national research programmes and advisory groups.View all articles by this authorWalsh ~ LucyLucy Walsh, Undergraduate in Psychology and Criminology at University of Brighton and Service User Quality Consultant at Southdown Housing Association in Sussex. Lucy Walsh is a founding member of LEAF and trained Peer Researcher on two NIHR studies. She has reviewed grant applications and is about to start data collection and collaborate with the design of a Service User Led evaluation. She has used skills acquired in training in further employment and education.View all articles by this author
