Alisha Newman

(she/her)

Overview

My career choices have been driven by a desire to support public influence on decision-making, so that together we can achieve what matters most.  In the last twenty years, I’ve worked in public, charity, and academic settings, specialising in public involvement, youth and community development, and research.

I first joined the Marie Curie team as a Research Associate in 2016, delivering research and evaluations with patient, carer, and staff experience at the core. I then moved into operations management and took lead responsibility for public involvement at the Wales Cancer Research Centre.

I’m proud to have co-developed the Public Involvement in Research Impact Toolkit (PIRIT) with membes of the public.  In my current role as PIRIT Dissemination and Implementation Lead, I hope to move this work forward in collaboration with the wider research and involvement community. In doing so, I hope that we can plan meaningful public involvement in research, track and demonstrate the difference it makes.