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Ms Helen Atkinson

Helen joined the team in June 2023 and manages Patient and Public, Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) for the Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity (ASM) BRC theme. 

Prior to this Helen worked as Involvement and Engagement Manager for the NIHR Local Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria (LCRN NENC) leading on the Participant Research Experience Survey (PRES), enabling research participants to feedback on their experience of taking part in a clinical research study. Helen has a wealth of experience having worked in PPIE for a number of years across Newcastle University and the NIHR and is passionate about involving and engaging patients, carers and the public in health research.