
This is a list of the events PPI:SMART has been, or will be involved in.
We would be delighted to come and speak to you about our work, please get in touch.
Please contact Professor Laura Gray, lg48@le.ac.uk
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2025
- NIHR Leicester BRC Research Inclusion in Action event, July 2025 (Leicester, UK). Poster – Craft by Numbers: Community Engagement. Poster – EDI Principles: How should we apply these to statistical methodology research?
- University of Nottingham Methods Hub Launch, June 2025 (Nottingham, UK). Invited speaker – PPI for methodological research Can we do better?
- NIHR Statistics Conference 2025, June 2025 (Sheffield, UK) Breakout session – What is community engagement and how can it help diversify our PPI input?
- Society for Clinical Trials Conference, May 2025 (Vancouver, Canada) Roundtable discussion – Undertaking impactful patient and public involvement (PPI) for statistical trial methodology research
- Leeds Institute for Data Analytics: Best practices in PPIE for health data science , May 2025 (Leeds, UK). Invited talk – Does patient and public involvement and engagement matter in statistical methodology research?
- MEMTAB 2025, April 2025 (Birmingham, UK) Invited speaker – The need for PPIE within methodology research
- MRC launch event for PPI for non-clinical research funding. March 2025 (London, UK) Invited presentation – How do we achieve impactful PPIE in statistical methodology research?
- Nifty Skills Slam, March 2025 (Barnsley, UK). Invited talk – Tips for successful public engagement.
- Kings College Prediction Modelling Seminar Series, February 2025 (Virtual). Invited seminar – PPIE for Statistical Methodology Research – Can we do better?
- MRC DTP PhD training series, January 2025 (Leicester, UK) Workshop – PPIE for non-clinical studies.
- 2024
- Midland Health Alliance PPI CoP Webinar Series, October 2024 (Virtual) PPI-SMART (PPI for Statistical Methodology and Research Techniques)
- Royal Statistical Society International Conference, September 2024 (Brighton, UK) Invited session – Patient and public involvement (PPI) for medical statistics methodology research: why bother?
- NIHR Statistics Conference 2024, June 2024 (Sheffield, UK) Breakout session – PPIE for medical statistics methodology research
- NIHR Statistics Conference 2024, June 2024 (Sheffield, UK) Breakout session – EDI considerations in statistical methodology research
- Society for Clinical Trials Conference, May 2024 (Boston, USA) Roundtable discussion – Undertaking impactful patient and public involvement (PPI) for statistical trial methodology research
- PPI for methodological research workshop, February 2024 (Leicester, UK)
- 2023
- MRC-NIHR TMRP Working Group event, October 2023 (Leeds, UK) Invited talk – Impactful PPI for statistical methodology research
- NIHR Statistics Conference 2023, June 2023 (Sheffield, UK) Breakout session- Impactful PPI for statistical methodology research


