Case studies

Using Storytelling to Improve Awareness and Recruitment for IBHO BioResource​

To use culturally grounded storytelling and engage Black communities effectively​ across the UK

Global Patient Councils to Inform Pre-clinical Trial Decision Making in Endometriosis​

To understand patient unmet needs and inform target patient value proposition​

Improving Access to Blood Cancer Trials for Black & Pakistani communities

Developing communications materials to improve engagement in blood cancer clinical trials for Blood Cancer UK and a top-10 pharmaceutical company

Global Patient Councils to Shape a Phase 3 Alzheimer’s Disease Trial

Engaging patients and caregivers from the EU, UK, and US to inform and enhance the patient experience for an upcoming Phase 3 clinical trial on behalf of a global top-10 pharmaceutical company

Health Equity Advisory Board to Advance Fair Representation in Parkinson’s Clinical Trials (US/UK)

Engaging community leaders and lived-experience experts to co-develop innovative and actionable solutions that advance equity in clinical research

Communications for Breast Cancer Trials for a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company

Developing tailored patient materials to improve recruitment of African, Caribbean, and South Asian communities in breast cancer clinical trials

Inclusive PPIE and Recruitment for D-CYPHR (by NIHR BioResource)

Engaging and recruiting children and young people from Black, African, Caribbean, and South Asian communities for a national research programme

Better Collaboration for Better Health: Strengthening Research Partnerships with Diverse Ethnic Communities

An investigation into how researchers and diverse ethnic communities can collaborate effectively to improve participation in health research

Inclusive Communications for an Obstetric Bleeding Trial

Developing culturally sensitive and inclusive communications for the ‘Obstetric Bleeding Study’ (OBS) UK

Strategic Co-production with a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company

Testing and rehearing co-production - to explore challenges around inclusion and trust

ED&I Strategy & Policy

Developed the ED&I commitment for a global nutrition science company to implement inclusive practices across their volunteer human research programmes

Improving Research Involvement from Diverse Ethnic Groups

'INVISIBLE' - an awareness raising film developed with 8 medical research charities to improve diversity in research involvement

Recruitment for a Study on Type 1 Diabetes & Stigma

Community engagement on exploring stigma specific to people living with type 1 diabetes in diverse ethnic communities

Supporting a UKRI Public Engagement Project

Recruiting people from diverse ethnic groups across the UK for deliberative workshops on the use of 'synthetic data' in research

Enhancing Patient Inclusion and Involvement with a Top-10 Pharmaceutical Company

Co-produced workshops with lived experience partners and pharmaceutical company

Recruiting People with Experience of Stroke & Fatigue

Recruiting people from diverse ethnic communities with lived experience of stroke and fatigue to advice on University of Birmingham's 'COMbAT Fatigue' study

User Testing Communications Materials for Parkinson’s UK

Recruiting a diverse group of people with lived experience to advise on inclusive and accessible communications materials

Research for People Living with Crohn’s Disease or Colitis

A co-creation project to understand what social & economic factors have the biggest impact on people living with Crohn’s and colitis in the UK

Policy Insights from the LGBTQ+ Community

Developing ‘Principles of Engagement’ for NIHR BioResource to improve their engagement with the LGBTQ+ community in the UK

PPIE & Recruitment For NIHR BioResource

Spreading awareness and recruiting volunteers for the NIHR BioResource

ED&I Strategy & Policy for LifeArc

Developed the ED&I policy and organisational strategy

Collaboration for Change

Co-produced report to improve vaccine uptake

STEADFAST Study

Recruiting young people with type 1 diabetes

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