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 I am a Professor of Medical Sociology in the School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex. My research is mainly about the  experiential perspectives of  chronic illness. This has made me aware of the importance of the patient voice and why it needs to be central to research. I sit on the INVOLVE …

I am one of the new Senior Public Involvement Managers for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) INVOLVE. Previously I was the Public involvement Programme Lead for NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East Midlands where I had a strategic role ensuring that the public involvement and stakeholder engagement …

I am a consultant, trainer, project and research manager who has worked in both university and practitioner settings. My expertise is in ensuring that research translates into policy and action. I am passionate about public and patient involvement in health and social care research and practice. Most recently I have established the Centre for Public …

I am a Reader in Applied Health Policy Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Zoë Gray was appointed as the Director of INVOLVE in 2016, after spending 8 years at the helm of a regional charity which worked with families and individuals to design services, improving the health, work and wellbeing of over 5000 people a year. Previously, Zoë led the strategic planning and funding of multi-million programmes of …

I am the Director of Business Support for the Health Research Authority

I have recently retired as Director of STEPS, a charity for people with lower limb conditions which I co-founded 33 years ago.

I am a Reader in Health and Social Care Research at Sheffield Hallam University.

I became self-employed as a mental health user consultant in1992. I have used mental health services since 1978. At the beginning of the 1970s I gained an HND Business Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Marketing.

I work for the University of Kent where I head up a research unit in primary and community care.

I am a carer, my late mother suffered depression and paranoia and developed vascular dementia.