{"id":283,"date":"2018-11-22T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T09:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:44:36","slug":"patient-involvement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/patient-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney Patient Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2><strong>Join Kidney Voices for Research<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Join our online community for patients interested in research. Hear from our funded researchers, find easy to read summaries of our research and be presented with exciting research opportunities that you can get involved in and use your voice to influence.<\/p>\n<p>Join our Facebook group or sign up to receive our the monthly newsletter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/269527126833451\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin Facebook group\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/patient-involvement\/kidney-voices-for-research\/sign-up-kidney-voices\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGet enewsletter\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tWays to get involved\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/166.jpg\" alt=\"In the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1025\" width=\"1500\" title=\"In  the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/166.jpg\" alt=\"In the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1025\" width=\"1500\" title=\"In  the lab at the Alport Research Hub\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\n\t<h2>Community ambassador<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0Help us to spread the message and raise awareness about kidney disease in your local community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/volunteer\/community-ambassador\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmbassador information\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC07599-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Lady holding a microphone asking a question in the audience\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Driving Discoveries 2023\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSC07599-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"Lady holding a microphone asking a question in the audience\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Driving Discoveries 2023\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSally Woodward, member of lay advisory group\n\t<h2>Lay advisory group<\/h2>\n<p>Meet the people who help drive and strengthen patient and public involvement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/patient-involvement\/lay-advisory-group\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet the LAG\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2>Patient information days<\/h2>\n<p>Apply for a grant of up to \u00a31,000 to support a patient information day. Bring together patients, clinicians, researchers and medical experts to talk about things that really matter.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re dedicated to helping patients engage with medical professionals, other patients and with research and we&#8217;re eager to support other groups in doing this.<\/p>\n<p>We support meetings that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engage patients in raising awareness of kidney health<\/li>\n<li>Have a high level of participation from patients sharing their experiences and views<\/li>\n<li>Engage patients in debating and learning about research and involvement in research in a meaningful and empowering way<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness about kidney disease, improving treatments and ways of influencing change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8216;For more information and to apply, please email our patient involvement team at <a href=\"mailto:patients@kidneyresearchuk.org\">patients@kidneyresearchuk.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aishanee-and-her-mum.jpg\" alt=\"bdr\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"bdr\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aishanee-and-her-mum.jpg\" alt=\"bdr\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"bdr\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\n\t<h2>Interested in a clinical trial?<\/h2>\n<p>Clinical trials aim to find new and improved ways to treat, manage and diagnose conditions, including testing new drugs, new techniques and technologies and improvements to existing treatments.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information on how to join these below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk\/\">NIHR Be Part of Research<\/a>\u00a0for information about clinical trials running in the UK (search for renal or kidney)<\/li>\n<li>If you live in Scotland, try\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.registerforshare.org\/\">SHARE <\/a>an NHS Research Scotland initiative for people interested in participating in health research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\n<bpor-widget distance=\"20\" query=\"kidney\" location=><\/bpor-widget>\n\n\t<h2>Got a question? Get in touch.<\/h2>\n\t<p>If you have a question or would like to chat about one of our events, the team here at Kidney Research UK are happy to help. Please get in touch.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Kidney Voices for Research Join our online community for patients interested in research. Hear from our funded researchers, find easy to read summaries of our research and be presented with exciting research opportunities that you can get involved in and use your voice to influence. 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