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Opportunities
23 opportunities found
Reviewing lay summary – Cystic Fibrosis clinical trial
Location: UK wide
We’re looking for 3 people with lived experience of Cystic Fibrosis to review an application
Heatwaves and mental health
Location: UK wide
Inviting people living with severe mental illness to a 3-year project advisory board
Have you or someone you have cared for experienced sepsis?
Location: UK wide
Looking for public members for a project about antimicrobial resistance, focusing on sepsis
Think-Aloud Study for Co-Manage
Location: UK wide
We need people’s views on a new website to support workers with health conditions and disabilities
The Roles of Fears of Compassion and Loneliness in Depression in Older Adults with Experiences of Childhood Trauma – A Mediation Study.
Location: UK wide
Complete a short, anonymous online survey about mental health in adults aged 60+
Prehabilitation for spinal surgery
Location: UK wide
We want to co-develop a program to support people to wait well and get the best from surgery.
Help shape research about feeding infants on Nasal High Flow breathing support
Location: UK wide
PPIE group: feeding babies receiving Nasal High Flow breathing support
Investigating 'sounds in your head' in autism
Location: UK wide
15-30 minute survey about imagined sounds
Help shape research on digital apps to support fathers’ and non-birthing parents’ mental health
Location: UK wide
Read the results from our study on digital apps and share your thoughts on our findings
Help improve research on using bedside ultrasound to check breathing tubes in newborn babies.
Location: All of England
Parents of babies cared for on a neonatal unit wanted to help shape NHS research.
Support Research about dementia and cardiovascular disease
Location: UK wide
We are looking for people with lived experience of dementia and cardiovascular diseases.
Neurodiversity and Empathy in Healthcare
Location: UK wide
We are seeking neurodivergent working professionals to help develop a research funding application.
Co-producing Evidence-Based Interventions for Fatherless Young Men (14–25) and Single-Mother Households in High-Deprivation Urban Environments.
Location: East of England
Luton hub providing trauma mentoring for 60+ vulnerable young men. Ideal academic research partner.
A qualitative exploration of patients’ emotional and psychological experiences across the spine surgery journey
Location: All of England
Exploring emotional and psychological experiences of spine surgery
Improving patient experiences of cross-cultural healthcare
Location: All of England
Checking the analysis and review of patient interviews describing their experiences to improve care.
MRC CoRE in Therapeutic Genomics – Patient, Parent and Family Group
Location: UK wide
Looking for patients, parents and family with genetic conditions including blood and eye conditions
Your experience matters: parents and caregivers shaping neonatal sepsis research
Location: All of England
Share your experience to help shape meaningful neonatal sepsis research for families
Patient and Public Contributors Needed: Improving Clinical Trial Design for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Location: UK wide
Help shape research for improving clinical trial design for neurodegenerative diseases
Improving urinary continence care for minoritised menopausal women
Location: UK wide
Minoritised menopausal women's stories on incontinence and hospital care
Experiences of surveillance technology in inpatient wards
Location: UK wide
This project looks at experiences of surveillance technology in inpatient mental health wards.
Optimising Intensive Management of Type 2 Diabetes in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
Location: [Not applicable]
Public and Patient Involvement Questionnaire
Help shape research about feeding in children with long-term ventilation (LTV)
Location: UK wide
PPI Group: Feeding in children with LTV
PPI opportunity for a research study on end of cancer treatment for children
Location: UK wide
Inviting young people (age 8-18) to support a study about information at the end of cancer treatment
