Background Funders encourage lay‐volunteer inclusion in research. There are controversy
and resistance, given concerns of role confusion, exploratory methods, and limited evidence …

Background Co-design with consumers and healthcare professionals is widely used in
applied health research. While this approach appears to be ethically the right thing to do, a …

International government guidance recommends patient and public involvement (PPI) to
improve the relevance and quality of research. PPI is defined as research being carried out …

In health promotion research, enthusiasm for patient and public involvement (PPI) is
growing. However, a lack of conceptual clarity leads to ambiguities in participatory …

Public involvement in research occurs when the public, patients, or research participants are
actively contributing to the research process. Public involvement has been acknowledged as …

Research on patient and public involvement so far concentrates on defining involvement,
describing its methods, and analyzing involvement practices in various individual research …

Background: Biobanks have become an increasingly important means of biomedical
research and innovation. However, they entail a variety of ethical, social and legal …

Background A growing body of literature supports patient and public involvement in the
design, prioritization, and dissemination of research and evidence‐based medicine. The …

Background Patients have evolved from mere objects of study to active contributors to drug
research in recent decades. Since individual patient's influence to change research …

Background Innovation ecosystems are an important driver of regional economic growth and
development. STEM assets connected to universities may play an important role in such …