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Dr Steven Blackburn

Academic Lead for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

Professor Krysia Dziedzic

Academic Lead for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

Laura Chapman

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Manager

Claire Wickett

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Senior Manager

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Research is better when it is carried out with the people it benefits – patients and the public. We involve and engage with patients and our diverse communities in many ways, to ensure that our research improves health for everyone.

Get involved in research

What does Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in research mean? How can you work with us as a public contributor? In this video, our PPIE Manager Laura Chapman answers these questions and much more.

Hear from Laura

What research do we do?

Ways you can get involved in research

Why should I get involved in research?

How do I get involved?

How are the public involved in the BRC?

Help and support for you

Public events and videos

Our strategy

Meet some of our public research partners

Emily Lam

“If more people with different characteristics and backgrounds are included in research, the findings can be applied to more people in the population, making the research more valuable and the results more powerful.”

Emily, BRC public research partner
Sobia Shaw

“I am an Asian woman of Pakistani origin. I am a kidney transplant patient and have suffered gastro intestinal problems since childhood. I believe I can bring a particular perspective and I hope to continue usefully contributing to research.”

Sobia, BRC public research partner
Tony Kelly

“We do need to be part and parcel of the solution and be there around the table when decisions are being made. It’s very interesting…I would encourage other people to put themselves forward.”

Tony, BRC public research partner
Hear more from our public contributors

Get in touch

To contact us, please email brcppie@contacts.bham.ac.uk or telephone Claire Wickett, our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Senior Manager on 07824 841785.

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