PPI 2015 Unit II

Olivia is a patient, nurse and member of the Patient and Public Involvement group at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research. Having originally studied Sports Science, severe asthma prevented a career in sport. Olivia then went on to qualify as a nurse in Edinburgh and now works part time as a community dialysis and pre dialysis nurse. Olivia joined the AUKCAR PPI group soon after the Centre launched and has been involved in collaborating with researchers, reviewing lay summaries and PhD proposals. Olivia also co-facilitates the SPEAK Asthma group within AUKCAR, a group specifically for children and young people with asthma to become involved in asthma research. Olivia recently published an article for the BMJ series What is your patient thinking? called ‘Relax, just concentrate on your breathing’.