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Opportunities
27 opportunities found
Parents of Children with Dysphagia – PAID Interview Opportunity via MS Teams
Location: UK wide
Calling all parents of children with dysphagia! Help shape paediatric dysphagia research
Pilot feasibility study assessing the effectiveness of NHS Active 10 App for inactive older adults in NHS health checks
Location: UK wide
We want to find out the best way to support people to stay active, for health and wellbeing.
Join our Lived Experience Group to help shape a trial for new womb cancer testing in the NHS
Location: All of England
We are trialling a new way to test for womb cancer & looking for lived experience group members
PPI Contributor – Supporting Research into Smoking in Pregnancy
Location: UK wide
Help shape research to support pregnant women reduce smoking using nicotine replacement therapy.
Public Involvement Opportunity: Help Shape Research on ICU Delirium Prevention
Location: UK wide
Family voice messages to support ICU patients’ comfort and prevent confusion (delirium)
Priority setting for childhood limb fractures
Location: UK wide
Join the steering group for a James Lind Priority Setting Partnership (PSP)
Research in people who are overweight or living with obesity undergoing surgery in the NHS
Location: UK wide
Use of GLP1s before surgery
National Institute for Health and Care Research Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service: Opportunity to shape the design of a clinical trial in bowel cancer
Location: UK wide
An opportunity to review documents involved in the design of a commercial trial.
Social Media, Misinformation and Vaccines
Location: UK wide
Get Involved in Shaping Research on Social Media, Misinformation and Vaccines
Diabetes research opportunity
Location: UK wide
Take part in group discussions about use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist medicines
National Institute for Health and Care Research Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service: Opportunity to shape the design of a clinical trial for a new antibody treatment
Location: UK wide
An opportunity to review documents involved in the design of a commercial trial
Did you take medication at any point during your pregnancy?
Location: UK wide
We are looking for input from people with lived experience of medication use in pregnancy
Help improve NHS dental services in England using health economics tools
Location: All of England
Take part in in-person workshops that aim to improve dental services using economic tools.
Our Voice Matters – share your views on how we should collect patient data!
Location: UK wide
Take our public survey to help shape how health data is collected in future clinical trials.
Help shape the future of clinical trials
Location: UK wide
Joined a group health or wellbeing program in the past year? Help shape future clinical trials
Using electronic health records to see how well Mounjaro (tirzepatide) works for obesity
Location: UK wide
Help advise us on a project proposal to use electronic health records to see how well Mounjaro works
Person with lived experience of chronic pain
Location: All of England
I am looking for a person to be part of the patient and public involvement group.
Patient Advisory Group member to Lymphoma Benefits and Risks Team at Oxford Population Health
Location: UK wide
We are seeking people with lived experience of lymphoma to contribute to research in online meetings
Knee Replacements – Have Your Say: PPIE OPPORTUNITY
Location: North West
We have gathered clinicians opinions on the knee replacement pathway and now want your opinions
Improving outcomes after major surgery for cancer
Location: UK wide
A study to help predict patients at risk of heart damage after major cancer surgery
Share your thoughts on lung cancer detection technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) for the NHS
Location: UK wide
Join us to discuss AI for lung nodule detection to guide NHS use and future product development.
Developing a shared understanding of the commercial determinants of health, between residents of Sheffield, researchers, and Sheffield City Council
Location: Yorks & Humber
We want to find easier ways to talk about the commercial determinants of health
Looking for a public contributor to join research as part of PhD work
Location: UK wide
Contribute to research. Email or text for details
People who have experienced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion needed to help identify and design research about self-management.
Location: UK wide
People with experience of mTBI/concussion are needed to help develop/design a PhD research project
Inner speech after stroke and its role in memory and attention
Location: East of England, East Midlands, London
We are looking for stroke survivors with ongoing aphasia or who have had aphasia in the past
Mental health symptoms in Lewy body diseases
Location: UK wide
Survey for people affected by Lewy body disease on opinions/experiences of mental health symptoms