Mrs Heather Barrington

Personal Statement

I am the patient and public involvement coordinator with the COMET initiative (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials). My work is focussed on how patients input into core outcome set development and dissemination, both as research participants and public research partners. I am also a public contributor in research, having been a public research partner on various studies / initiatives for over a decade.

I am a member of the COMET Management Group, the COMET People and Patients Participation Involvement Engagement (PoPPIE) Working Groupand Trials Methodology Research Partnership Outcomes Working Group (Core Outcomes Set subgroup). I am a founding member of the International PPI Network.