We use the term public partnerships to include the many ways that people and researchers can come together to deliver research and share evidence. This will include a range of engagement, involvement and participation activities.
While some activities may fall only within one of these, we believe that in population health there should be a free flow of ideas and people between these areas, particularly when topics extend beyond specific conditions or diseases, or span multiple different public groups.
This is in line with the public partnerships strategy recently released by the Medical Research Council, one of our funders within UKRI.
Our public partners include those with a range of different perspectives, whether they are involved in their roles as patients, service users, or members of voluntary and community groups.
Our aim is that this approach will broaden inclusion and strengthen partnership with communities and those with lived experience so that collectively we can identify the most pressing health challenges and co-design research and interventions to meet them.
Partner with our researchers
Our public partnership work will be shaped primarily by our four research consortia. These consortia have been set up in a way that ensures that community, service user and the public voice is integrated into their research design, deliver and dissemination.
We also want to create an environment that supports and involves those who may not have had the chance before to apply their expertise and insight to improving population health.
If you would like to explore opportunities to engage with the research consortia, please contact them directly, or you can email the directorate and we will share on your enquiry.