Service user involvement in mental health research by Dr Sagar Jilka

About the speaker

Sagar Jilka is the co-ordinator for the patient and carer involvement and engagement theme within the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre. He has previous experience of research and applied science in academia and industry and facilitates service user-led projects.

About the talk

I will familiarise participants with the background, methods and approaches to service user involvement within mental health research. We will discuss what is meant by “PPI” (patient and public involvement) and I will provide examples of service user involvement in current research studies. We will end the session discussing how to get advice from service users, guidelines and best practices when discussing your research with service users.