Young Voices, Big Ideas
Dr Emilia Trapasso is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Engagement and Dr Rebecca Geary is a Senior Lecturer, both working in the Health Inequalities Policy Research group in the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems. The wider research team comprises of Emilia, Rebecca, Dr Shaima Hassan and Laura Winters. Here they share how they are engaging children and young people across Liverpool to enrich the Children Growing up in Liverpool (CGULL) cohort.
Posted on: 26 April 2024
Celebrating engaged research: Latest funding awards
We're pleased to announce the recipients of the latest round of funding from both the Faculty Public Engagement Grants Scheme and the Research England Participatory Research Grants. The response to these funding opportunities was fantastic, reflecting the enthusiasm and commitment to public engagement with research. In total, we received applications requesting an impressive £224,746!
Posted on: 26 March 2024
Patient and public voices in oral health research
Dr Deborah Moore is a Senior Clinical Lecturer working across the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems and the School of Dentistry, and Dr Janine Yazdi-Doughty is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care, School of Dentistry and NHS Community Dental Service. Here they share how they are involving patients and the public in different aspects of their oral health research.
Posted on: 15 March 2024
Outreach and origami
Dr Muhammad Awais is a Senior Postdoctoral Scientist from the Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine. He recently visited Liverpool College for a Role Model Day and told us about his visit.
Posted on: 14 March 2024
Engaging the public: reducing suicide risk
Helen Mulholland and Dr Leanne Burton are part of the ARISE research team, in the Department of Primary Care and Mental Health. Here they discuss how they attended NOW Festival, an event ran by Merseyside Youth Association, to engage with the public about their latest research project.
Posted on: 6 March 2024
Delivering data science outreach
Dr Emily Johnson is a Data Scientist from the Liverpool Shared Research Facilities Computational Biology Facility (CBF). Emily leads the CBF’s outreach efforts and is passionate about bridging the gap for underrepresented communities in the data science workforce. Here Emily tells us about a visit by pupils from Alsop High School.
Posted on: 1 March 2024
Dementia research: putting PPIE at the heart
Dr Laura Prato, Dr Megan Readman and Dr Megan Polden are DEM-COMM Research Fellows funded by the NIHR ARC NWC and the Alzheimer’s Society. Here they explain how they ensure patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is at the forefront of their research.
Posted on: 26 February 2024
REACHE project: promoting inclusion within research
Helen Marshall is a Lecturer in Nursing from the School of Health Sciences. Here she tells us about the REACHE project, which aims to promote the inclusion of those with a learning disability within research and increase patient and public involvement.
Posted on: 29 January 2024
Penguins, playing cards and statistics engagement
Dr Laura Bonnett is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health Data Science. Here she tells us about her role as a STEM Ambassador and efforts to inspire the next generation by making maths exciting.
Posted on: 30 November 2023