PPI IGNITE NETWORK
Festival 2022
The first of its kind, the National PPI Festival in October 2022 featured a variety of events, organised by over 30 groups, taking place all over Ireland.
FESTIVAL 2022
PPI: Connecting Communities
With a mix of in-person, hybrid and online events, celebrating and raising awareness of PPI, or exploring PPI in specific health conditions, the variety was endless.
Here are links to resources generated during the Festival.
NATIONAL PPI FESTIVAL
#PPIFestival22 Highlights and Resources
RECORDING
PPI in Lab-Based Research
Bec Hanley, Dr Laura Jacobs (Parkinson’s UK) and Dr Emma Dorris (UCD) in a webinar organised by national partner QUB.
VIDEO
PPI Contributors Gathering
Designed by PPI contributors, for PPI contributors. Attendees identified questions for a PPI FAQ; the Village Community Choir closed the day.
PODCAST
PPI in Arthritis
Marking World Arthritis Day: RCSI researchers in conversation with people living with osteoarthritis.
FRAMEWORK
PPI Values & Principles Launch
The PPI Ignite Network Values and Principles Framework, proposed as the values and principles for PPI in research across Ireland.
WEBINAR
Youth Mental Health Video co- design
UL on co-designing and co-facilitating a MYSTORY study video sharing young people’s asks for school mental health and suicide prevention.
WEBINAR
A Tale of Four SWATs
The COB-MS Feasibility Trial, which employed a person living with MS as an Embedded Researcher on the team.
WEBINAR
Is there a role for publishers in fostering PPI?
Moderated by Prof Grace Mulcahy (UCD) with representatives from three leading academic journals.
WEBINAR
Irish Cancer Society PPI Showcase
Patient advocates Siobhan Freeney, Clodagh Flynn and Yvonne O’Meara on the impact PPI can have on cancer research in Ireland.
PAST FESTIVALS
Previous years
Read about highlights, outputs and snapshots from each Festival.
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