A warm welcome to our newest colleague, Tracy Jackson, who has joined us as a Research Fellow in Edinburgh working on our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and REACH platforms.
Excellence Award
Tracy was one of our PhD students whose research project investigated the impact of financial incentives on the implementation of asthma self-management in Northern Ireland and is due to submit her thesis very soon! Throughout her PhD, Tracy was actively involved in working with our lay volunteers and won our Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PPI Excellence Award, which was presented at our ASM in January.
What is Patient and Public Involvement?
Involving people affected by asthma is an important part of our work at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. It enables us to provide higher quality research and ensures that our work is relevant to people’s day to day lives.
There are many ways in which lay volunteers can get involved in research including:
- Involvement in research design
- Providing insight into living with asthma
- Feedback on patient information leaflets
- Suggesting ways to recruit participants
- Advice on producing clear, useful questions for interviews
- Helping out at a science festival
- Offering ideas on how to share study findings
NIHR National Standards for Public Involvement in Research
Tracy will now be the main point of contact for all Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PPI work and is working alongside Dr Allison Worth on the NIHR National Standards for Public Involvement in Research project. The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research has been chosen as one of 10 test-bed sites for this project which aims to improve the quality and consistency of public involvement in research.
Interested in getting involved?
If you would like to find out more about getting involved with our research, have a read through our 'Public Involvement' section and then please contact us through this form.
Public Involvement at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research