Speakers
Afternoon Session
Natasha Ratcliffe is a specialist in patient and public involvement in research. Her work is focused on embedding lived experiences from the earliest stages of research development, and supporting the development of purposeful, equitable, and sustainable partnerships with patients and communities to improve and maximise the impact of research.
Natasha joined medical research charity LifeArc in February 2024, where she leads on patient engagement initiatives and supports colleagues across the organisation to ensure LifeArc’s work is shaped by patients, communities and people with lived experience.
Natasha has extensive experience working with the charity sector, academia and industry, and previously led the Research Involvement programme at Parkinson’s UK. Natasha is also a visiting lecturer at King’s College London, working within the Centre for Pharmaceutical Medicine Research to advance research and education on patient engagement in medicines development.