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Hello. My name is Ellie and I am a research dietitian from Imperial. I am applying for funding for a PhD research project looking at diet advice given to women with recurrent ovarian cancer.

–  What diet information is available online, and what do dietitians and clinicians advise?

–  What is the expert-consensus on best-practice for diet and ovarian cancer?

– Is proactive, earlier dietary advice beneficial? A feasibility study 

I am interested in hearing from people with lived experience of ovarian cancer (including relatives and care givers as well as women themselves) who can help with the design of this research. Involvement could be a small one-off meeting (e.g. to review a leaflet or provide insight and advice) or a larger contribution (e.g. regular meetings and involvement with analysis) depending on your interest and experience.

If you or someone close to you has or has had recurrent ovarian cancer, and you would like to know more, please send me an email at ellie.ware@nhs.net to express your interest. Please include your name, email address or phone number, and a brief summary of your experience.

Please share with anyone you might know

Thank you 

Dear all,

I wanted to share with you the blog we have written following the PPI PhD student workshop series “Developing leaders in palliative care”. The workshops were extremely well received by PPI attendees and the PhD students – who really valued the time and experiences being shared. Please read the full blog here: https://kingsengagedresearchblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/developing-leaders-in-palliative-care-through-intimate-honest-and-open-conversations/

We are pleased to let you all know that we were fortunate enough to be funded to run a second series of workshops and will soon be advertising the opportunities available – watch this space!

Best wishes,

India, Megan and Rachel

New King’s/MRC Public Partnership Fund: Supporting MRC applicants to involve public contributors at pre-application stage.

We are delighted to announce the upcoming launch of a new funding scheme to support early career researchers and those looking to transition to research independence to better involve public partners in the development of their MRC grant applications.

As outlined in the MRC’s Public Partnership Strategy, the MRC is placing a greater emphasis on the meaningful involvement of public partners in the shaping of the research it funds. Such partnerships with patients and/or communities during grant development has been shown to increase the relevance of research proposals and their potential for impact.

Opening in January 2026, the King’s/MRC Public Partnership programme will provide funds of up to £400 to successful applicants, along with mentorship from experts in patient and public involvement, to support early-stage public involvement.

An information session will be held on Wednesday the 14th of January at 13:30, ahead of the schemes launch on Monday 19th of January.

You can sign-up to the information session here.

For more information, please get in touch with the King’s MRC Public Partnership Team at MRC-PPF@kcl.ac.uk

Welcome to our new King’s College London Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care Webpage for all things relating to public involvement!

Please explore the website to find out more about what we are doing and how the website can be used to hear about events and learn more about research.