What is public involvement in clinical research?
Public involvement in clinical research is what
happens when members of the public
get actively involved in research, such as helping to decide what
is researched, how the research should be carried out and what
should be done afterwards.
Many people describe public involvement in research as research
that is done with or by the public and not ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’
them. This active involvement is different to being a participant in clinical
research such as taking part in a clinical trial.
A growing number of organisations have opportunities for public
involvement in their research activities. For example, they could
be looking for people with personal knowledge of an illness that
they want to research or for members of the public with some
previous experience of involvement in research.
Search our directory of organisations that are looking for
people to get involved.
