NIHR East of England Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research Showcase: 16th June 2026
Discover how patients & the public have shaped health research – for the better
NIHR – championing PPI to shape the research agenda
You’ll also have the chance to talk to researchers and staff from the following event co-hosts about PPI opportunities in their respective organisations and how you can get involved:
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England
NIHR BTRU in Donor Health & Behaviour
NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation & Transplantation
NIHR Cambridge BRC
NIHR Cambridge Clinical Research Facility
NIHR East of England Regional Research Delivery Network
NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Injury
NIHR Norfolk Clinical Research Facility
Panel Discussion
The day starts with aa PPI panel discussion on “Co-Creating Discovery – The Role of Patient and Public Involvement in Tissue & Organ Donation Research” from 9.20am to 10.20am. This session is run in conjunction with Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Institute of Metabolic Science – Metabolic Research Laboratories and the Clinical School of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Anyone coming along is welcome to listen and find out about the vital role of PPI in shaping research that relies on tissue and organ donation – and even join in the discussion. You don’t need any medical knowledge or experience to attend – everyone is welcome.
Networking for patients and the public
With free lunch, poster display and the chance to talk with researchers over the break, the whole day promises to be a great way of finding out more about PPI, the difference it can make to research and how you can get involved.
- Find out more and book your free tickets on EventBrite
Researchers: make sure your PPI is on show!
Are you a researcher in the East of England with a great example of how PPI benefited your research? Please tell us about it – and you may have the opportunity to tell patients and members of the public about it in our Showcase event.
We are currently calling for short abstracts (fewer than 400 words) for talks and poster presentations from publicly-funded researchers or research groups across the East of England whose research focuses on pre-clinical, translational, clinical research or applied health and social care research, which showcase the impact PPI has had on their health research.
Submissions from individual groups or teams, and/or that are co-developed (or presented) with public contributors are welcome. Posters or talks that have been presented elsewhere previously can be submitted.
- Complete your submission here. The deadline for submissions is 12 noon Tuesday 26 May 2026
If you have any questions about the day, please email Events Manager Georgina Norris at: georgina.norris3@nhs.net
