Patient and public involvement
2025 in review: tracking and growing patient and public involvement
For more than 30 years, Cochrane has championed the involvement of patients and the public in shaping health evidence, and this commitment remains just as strong today. In 2025, we took significant steps to embed PPI more deeply into our work.
Reflections on involvement: Ailsa Butler
Image Join us behind the scenes for reflections, best practices and impact stories from author teams, Geographic Groups, and others involving patients and the public in Cochrane activities.
Reflections on involvement: Alex Todhunter-Brown
This month, we’re sharing the full interview with Alex Todhunter-Brown, author of the Cochrane review Physical rehabilitation approaches for the recovery of function and mobility following stroke.
Community voices: meet Yasmine
Yasmine is a member of the Patient and Public Network and a Cochrane US Year 4 trainee. Yasmine began by contributing to plain language summaries through Cochrane Engage and is now part of a global research project. She shares where this had lead.
Guyane joined Cochrane through a local project with Cochrane Canada. Our Patient and Public Involvement Manager, April English, sat down with Guyane to talk about motivations to getting involved, the impact it’s had, top tips, and much more.
HPV vaccination campaign: Open call for a public collaborator
Cochrane is seeking a public collaborator to help shape a global human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign to support families in making informed decisions about the HPV vaccine.
Reflections on involvement: Cochrane Canada
Join us behind the scenes for reflections, best practices and impact stories from author teams, Geographic Groups, and others involving patients and the public in Cochrane activities. This month we meet Dr. Robby Nieuwlaat from Cochrane Canada.
Heidi learned about Cochrane through her university coursework. Since then, Heidi has been involved in Cochrane Engage opportunities and beyond. Discover her story.
Reflections on involvement: Cochrane Germany
Join us behind the scenes for reflections, best practices and impact stories from author teams, Geographic Groups, and others involving patients and the public in Cochrane activities. First up, Cochrane Germany!
Community voices: meet Danielle
Meet Danielle, member of our Patient and Public Network Executive team. This month, April English, our Patient and Public Involvement Manager had the honour of sitting down with Danielle to talk about her motivations to getting involved, the impact it’s had, top tips, and much more.
