This series of workshops will offer PhD students a chance to collaborate with members of the public who will have the opportunity to share their experiences and expertise with the students. This ensures their research will have a real-world impact. No previous research experience is necessary.
The first workshop will be held on Wednesday 21st January 2026, 11.30-13.00. This workshop will be held online.
Further details found here: https://forms.office.com/e/Sw0PFRpAPY
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a complex condition that affects around 3.2 million men in the UK. This project seeks to improve on a co-designed prototype decision aid for BPH, designed to support people affected by BPH who are looking to make a treatment decision. Stakeholder workshops/interviews will used to further develop and feedback your thoughts and experiences of using the prototype decision aid, to ensure the intervention better suit the needs of patients and their loved ones.
The Kadoorie Oxford Trauma and Emergency care research group are developing a mobile App. The App will be for people aged 16-30 years old who are taking part in a clinical trial after orthopaedic trauma. Orthopaedic trauma includes injuries such as broken bones, a dislocated shoulder or a dislocated kneecap. To help us to develop the app, we are inviting young people to take part in an interview or focus group to understand their experience and what they would expect from a mobile App.
We are interested to hear from adults who do and do not have ADHD and who use cannabis, to help us design a new research study that aims to look at how cannabis affects people with and without ADHD.
You will be asked to take part in a 1-hour group discussion (or 1-to-1 sessions with a researcher can be arranged) via Microsoft Teams. Please see the poster attached for more information.
Information you provide is kept confidential, in accordance with the University of Bath’s data policies.
We would like to form an advisory group of individuals with whom we can
consult with on a regular basis throughout the research process in order to:
– Prioritise research questions
– Ensure research is relevant to people living with ASI
– Assist in the design of future studies
– Ensure studies are feasible and aid recruitment of people with ASI
– Contribute to the analysis of study results
– Help to disseminate future research outputs
Up to 8 adult individuals with direct experience of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
to participate in this opportunity, who would be willing to review patient-facing documents online
Are you over 18 years old and have experience of using a lower limb prosthesis? We would like to talk to you about a project idea to make sure it is relevant to patients.
What is involved?
– One 1.5-hour online meeting in early January 2026 via MS Teams, with up to 5 other participants.
– Give feedback on our research idea and share experiences you feel comfortable discussing. Highlight challenges, opportunities and ideas we may have overlooked.
Express interest: forms.office.com/e/BtKQvx3a52
We are looking for people who were patients on an intensive care unit or their family members. We want to address the current issue of under-representation in this area of research. To ensure diversity and inclusion we are aiming to involve people from ethnic minority groups.
We would like you to to join a one hour online meeting in January to advise us on a research project around culturally-sensitive rehabilitation on intensive care that we will plan together.
As part of this I'm looking to recruit people with experience of harms relating to these products to take part in a 2 hour online workshop to help shape this work.
This would involve providing feedback on my plain English summary of the project to make sure it makes sense and is easy to understand, to help develop the focus of the project, and to help me consider how best to involve members of the public throughout the project.
The workshop will be held Tuesday 16th December 09:30-11:30.
The NIHR are looking for up to 8 adults with lived experience, as a patient or carer, of AML who would be willing to join a focus group to share their thoughts on a planned clinical trial. The session will take place on Zoom in January 2026.
