Community Summer Festival celebrates the people behind research
More than 100 members of the public enjoyed live music, dancing and delicious food on Saturday 20th June for the Public Involvement Summer Festival at St Martin’s House, Leicester.
Leicester researchers call for stronger public involvement in respiratory virus research
Researchers from the University of Leicester funded by the NIHR have joined international colleagues to call for respiratory virus research to place patients and the public at its heart.
Connecting with the community at Haymarket Shopping Centre
Leicester community members recently joined public event for open conversation about their research experiences, health priorities and everyday health concerns.
Study aims to understand people’s experiences of seeking help for breathlessness
Check out these short animated videos, which aim to engage people with a new Leicester study aiming to to understand people’s experiences of seeking help for breathlessness.
Community-led initiative empowering Leicester’s South Asian population
Leicester cancer researchers and members of the city’s South Asian Population enjoyed an afternoon of dance, meditation and wellbeing to celebrate the end of a dynamic project in November 2024.
Public help create an Inclusivity Checklist for studies into cardiovascular health
Forty people kindly gave their time this December to work with Cardiovascular researchers and clinicians to discuss ways researchers can help people from under-served communities take part in research.
PPI Group shapes the future of Leicester life-saving device
A group of patients gathered recently to talk to researchers about an innovative new medical device called LifeMap being developed at the NIHR Leicester BRC.
Help us build statistical tools that can change the world
“Help us build statistical tools that can change the world”. That is the call from team from the NIHR Leicester BRC in their new animation which aims to help us …