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Researchers
Louise Locock
Louise has a PhD in social policy from LSE (1998) and joined the Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford in 2003. She is now Deputy Research Director for the group. Louise is also Health Experiences Fellow for the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre in Oxford.
Anne-Marie Boylan
Anne-Marie is a Qualitative Researcher at the Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. She has a background in psychology and her research interests include acquired disability with a specific focus on brain injury.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to all those who were interviewed, and the researchers, consultants and nurses who helped us recruit participants, particularly staff involved in biobanking at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust.
The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Oxford is a partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
Advisory Panel
Sue Beatty
Nurse Manager, Clinical Research Unit , Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Jane Davies
Lay representative and member of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Public Engagement Group
Louise Dennis
Deputy Manager, Clinical Research Unit , Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Michael Hocken
Deputy Manager, Clinical Research Unit , Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Lay representative and member of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Public Engagement Group
Helen Salisbury
GP and medical adviser, Health Experiences Research Group
James Shepherd
Programme Director, Tissue Banking and Cohorts Theme, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Jean Waters
Lay representative and retired consultant anaesthetist
Sandie Wellman
Cancer Research UK Consultant Nurse, Oxford Cancer Centre
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Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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National Institute for Health Research
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