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Helena has a long-term health condition. She first became involved in research as a participant, then as a patient advisor. She went on to do a PhD in health research and became a user-researcher.
Helena is a user-researcher. Ethnic background: White British.
After her daughter was diagnosed with arthritis, Sharon became involved in setting up a support charity for children. She successfully applied to become a consumer representative on the Medicines for Children Research Network and has been providing a parent's perspective on health and medical research for about five years.
Sharon is married and has three children, aged 13, 11 and 7. She currently works in education in a clinical research facility at a university, but previously was a research...
Peter became involved as a patient advocate after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He has been doing patient and public involvement in health and medical research for about eight years.
Peter is married. He formerly worked as a business consultant, providing training and consultancy to large technology companies.
Helen started doing PPI about eight years ago. She provides a lay perspective in health and medical research as well as in improving service delivery for patients.
Helen lives with her partner. She previously worked as an educational researcher, but recently began working as a Patient Experience Project Lead within the NHS. Ethnic background: White British.
Andrew became a lay member on a local research network board after responding to an advertisement in a national newspaper. He thought it would be a good use of his time and the skills he had gained in his career.
Andrew is retired, but he used to work as a teacher before he became assistant director of children’s services. He is married. Ethnic background: White British.
Jennifer has been involved as a patient and public representative in health research for about five years. She became involved after she began caring for her mother when she developed dementia.
Jennifer is married and has two children, aged 38 and 36. She is a housewife. Ethnic background: Welsh/Jewish.
Anthony has been involved in health research as a lay representative for about seven years. He started off by volunteering as a research participant and was then invited to join groups as a PPI representative.
Anthony is a retired teacher and education inspector. He has two children aged 43 and 41. Ethnic background: White British.
Brin has been involved in PPI in health research for about seven years. He became involved after he had a stroke.
Brin is married with three children, aged 26, 24 and 23. He worked as a secondary school teacher and took early retirement after a stroke. Ethnic background: White/British.
Hazel has been involved in health research as a lay representative for about 6 years. She joined the Medicines for Children Research Network after beginning a long-term campaign to encourage the health service to provide syringes for parents for administering medication to children.
Hazel is married and has three children, aged 36, 31 and 29. She works voluntarily with a charity for children with heart conditions and their families. Ethnic background: Caucasian/European.
Fenella became a PPI representative after taking part in a research project. She works with a local Mental Health Research Network and has been involved in designing and planning research proposals.
Fenella is single and works as a clinical audit assistant in a mental health NHS trust. Ethnic background: White South African
