Mina is one of our Public Involvement Strategy Group members.
Biography
I am retired. I previously worked for over 30 years as a youth worker and youth work manager. I have also been an accountant, a teacher a lecturer and a city councillor.
I got involved as a patient and public involvement (PPI) contributor through a friend who was already involved. Since then I have had eight years’ experience of contributing my views to a wide range of health research projects.
I have also been involved in developing a strategy for PPI in primary care research at the University of Bristol, so thought that I would have something to contribute in developing a strategy for PPI at the Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU).
I enjoy discussing things in the meetings and I feel like I am contributing in a small way to improving public health policy and practice.
People who are not directly involved in research or the health service often see things in a different way to those who are. I think that good quality PPI is fundamental to effective research.