Patient Involvement and Public Engagement

Alongside research and education, public engagement is essential for modernising and transforming research. Engaging with and learning from public audiences aids in training the next generation of researchers and clinicians, and helps inform the wider medical and scientific community.

By involving patients and embracing their insight through online or face-to-face events and activities, we can push boundaries and level up standards, increase clinical trial recruitment, and improve clinical practices.

Click the images below to see some of the ways we’re using public and patient engagement to improve the impact of our work and bridge gaps between our research and the wider community.

Meet the team

The CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre’s Public Engagement strategy and activities are managed by a core committee of representatives from across University College London, King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London and The Francis Crick: 

Our ambitions

Our committees aim to engage with patients, caregivers and members of the public in discussions about radiotherapy and radiation research to: 

• Understand and improve public perceptions of radiotherapy 

• Support the public to make informed decisions about radiotherapy 

• Inform how we design new radiation therapies or improve existing ones, particularly for children 

• Understand mental health issues that arise in patients receiving radiotherapy or their loved ones 

• Communicate widely the advances and novel methods we discover through our cutting-edge radiation research 

• Ensure our research remains relevant and can impact patients’ lives as soon as possible

Our patient and public partners

We are truly grateful to everyone who has supported our work over the years. One-off or ongoing, every input makes a difference and brings our ambitious research a step closer to improving real-world care.  

We are currently looking into how we can bring more opportunities to inform our work to a broader range of people. If you have personal experience of radiation therapy and would be interested to support our work, please reach out to Philippa Pristera: p.pristera@ucl.ac.uk [working days: Mon, Tue AM, Thurs].