Kristin Liabo

Dr. Kristin Liabo leads the Engaged Health Research Group at the University of Exeter Medical School's Department of Health and Community Sciences, specializing in patient and public involvement in health research funded primarily by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Her academic background includes a PhD focused on patient involvement in systematic reviews with care-experienced young people, building on collaborative work with service users since her early career at Barnardo's children's charity.

Her interdisciplinary research spans:

• Health services and systems
• Public health
• Social work
• Paediatrics
• Political science
• Social change
• Social determinants of health
• Sociology and social studies of science and technology
• Public health not elsewhere classified
• Public participation and community engagement

She directs PPIE operations for the Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC), and HealthTech Research Centre (HRC), supporting researchers from funding applications through study lifecycle to dissemination.