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Public involvement in research is when the research is carried out with or by members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’, or ‘for’ them. This includes, for example, working with research funders to prioritise research, offering advice as members of a project steering group, commenting on and developing research materials and undertaking research with research participants. For more information, see About public involvement.

Latest Opportunities

Reducing common infections amongst school children

We're identifying the best way to improve children's hand hygiene to reduce infection

EAVE II: using patient data to track the progress of COVID-19 as it happens in Scotland

Recruiting for patient and public members to be involved in all areas of the research project

Exciting NIHR opportunity to join a remote insight session to co-design a commercial Fabry Disease clinical trial

Remote insight session to co-design a Fabry disease clinical trial

Digital Health Intervention for Long COVID Rehabilitation

Recruiting Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) to help with design, implementation and distribution

Return to work priorities of people recovering from major trauma: a public advisory project

We are identifying people's priorities for returning to work after major trauma injury

On-Line Health Forums

Research into how experiences of moderating on-line forums can help us develop improvement.

Interested in making medical research more accessible?

Opportunity to join a public advisory group, and share your views on medical research

PPI involvement for people with lived experience of ADHD and/ or EUPD

Looking for people with lived experience of ADHD and/ or EUPD or carers to set up an advisory group

Nasal decolonisation of MRSA

The HTA Programme is seeking someone to review the above application from a patient perspective

COVID and COGNITION Study

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on memory and cognition in the post-viral period

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