This year’s event for early career researchers will themed around Patient and Public Involvement (PPI[E]) and co-production in research and funding applications. It will be held on Monday April 20th from 13.00-17.00 at One Strawberry Lane (NE1 4BX). Light refreshments will be provided. Pre-registration is essential due to limited places.
Session 1
Dr. Will McGovern
Dr. Will McGovern, Associate Professor at Northumbria University, will lead a session on patient and public involvement, co-production, and tips for how to do them well.
Session 2
Dr. Masuma Mishu
Dr. Masuma Mishu is Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Health Sciences University of York. Dr. Mishu will present about her early career work on patient and public involvement, as well as co-production.
Session 3
Prof. Adam Todd
Prof. Adam Todd is Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at Newcastle University and also chairs the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit panel for Yorkshire North East. Prof. Todd will discuss what funding panels are looking for when considering the patient and public involvement elements of grant applications.
Session 4
Kate Hawley
Kate Hawley is NIHR funding panel patient and public representative. Kate will give insights about the role of patient and public representatives in funding application assessments, what they are looking for, and tips for submitting applications with strong patient and public involvement elements. . , speaking about their role as a PPI funding panel member, what they look for in funding applications as patient/public representatives, and tips for good funding applications and PPIE strategies.
Schedule
1:00 pm – Registration and networking
1:30 pm – Welcome & opening remarks
1:40 pm – Session 1
- Dr Will McGovern, Associate Professor at Northumbria University with leading roles in PPIE, introducing PPI/co-production and practical tips to involve patient and public groups meaningfully.
2:30 pm – Session 2
- Dr Masuma Mishu, lecturer in Public Health at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL and visiting senior research fellow at the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, sharing their experiences of PPI/co-production in their early career research.
2:55 pm – Break and networking3:30 pm – Session 3
- Professor Adam Todd, Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health and chair of NIHRs Research for Patient Benefit panel for Yorkshire North East, speaking about what they look for as funders regarding PPI, and tips for PPI in funding applications.
4:15 pm – Session 4
- Kate Hawley, NIHR funding panel PPI representative, speaking about their role as a PPI funding panel member, what they look for in funding applications as patient/public representatives, and tips for good funding applications and PPIE strategies.
4:40 pm – Closing remarks and networking.
5:00 pm – End of ECR event.
5:30 pm – Pre-dinner drinks at the Crowne Plaza hotel (TBC)