Diet and nutrition event report

The following report provides an overview of the Diet and Nutrition Event held for the Somali community. The event aimed to raise awareness about healthy eating habits, promote nutrition education, and address specific dietary needs within the Somali community

Science of digestion event report: 26 April 2022

A report detailing a community event held on 26 April 2022 in collaboration with Guts UK charity to present gut health research to the North West London community and understand their gut health priorities and research questions

Online survey insight report: Involving children, young people, and families in our research

Insight report summarising the findings from an online public involvement survey to help shape child, young persons, and family research in North West London

Insight Report: Online public involvement session on the views of patients living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in relation to a Multiomic phenotyping of IBD.

A report summarising the insights of patients living with IBD about an Imperial BRC research project involving Multiomic phenotyping of IB

Insight Report: Online public involvement session on proposed cardiovascular research programmes

A group of researchers across Imperial College London (some of whom are also part of the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)) are applying for £5 million funding over 5 years from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to fund a BHF Centre for Research Excellence at Imperial to support research on various aspects of cardiovascular medicine. The four research themes the funding proposal will cover are as follows: 1. Societal and Environmental Factors 2. Learning from Heart Patients 3. Vascular Ageing (Blood vessels) 4. Remote (at home) personal monitorin

Insight Report: Digital health online public involvement session on using artificial intelligence to improve health and care in North West London

Summary report on the views of members of the public on using Artificial intelligence as part of building the digital healthcare programme of research in North West London

Report 14: Online community involvement in COVID-19 research & outbreak response: early insights from a UK perspective

The Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) at Imperial College London is developing research to explore and understand people’s views about, experiences of and behavioural responses to the outbreak in the UK and elsewhere. To guide that effort and to help inform COVID-19 research and responses more broadly - for example in mathematical modelling and policy - PERC launched an online community involvement initiative that sought rapid, early insight from members of the public and aimed to establish a network for ongoing community engagement. Priority areas for COVID-19 research Vaccine development was considered the most urgent research priority for many respondents. Social studies exploring the public’s experiences, risk perceptions and behaviours during this outbreak were necessary and important according to 95% of the respondents. Such research could: Improve the way the current outbreak response is planned and implemented; Improve the way information and guidance is provided to and understood by the public; Optimise the support provided to communities and vulnerable groups; and Improve future outbreak preparedness. Other recommended areas of research included: Understanding the role of the media in influencing how people react and respond; Furthering our basic understanding of the virus – how it spreads, who it affects the most and why, and whether people achieve and maintain immunity after being infected; Critiquing the UK’s response to the pandemic against that of other countries; and Ensuring lessons can be learnt from this outbreak to better equip us for future outbreaks, and public health emergencies in general. Key unmet needs amongst communities The main challenges described by respondents were ineffective communication, including access to information and information overload; and conflicting guidance and misinformation. Respondents’ described feelings of concern, confusion and, in some cases, panic as a result of these communication and information challenges. Others shared their frustration that there was nowhere to post their concerns or questions. In addition, respondents expressed a need for more detailed and bespoke practical guidance about their risk and how best to prepare and protect themselves and their loved ones. Almost half (47%) wanted to hear about the latest research on the virus, and 45% wanted a dedicated internet portal where they could access the latest information and trusted guidance. Making information more accessible to different communities, including those who are not online and those who have English as a second language was also highlighted as a priority