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Lawrence (Larry) Mróz

@drmroz.bsky.social

Vancouver BC Canada (Formerly @DrMroz on twitter) #PatientOrientedResearch Capacity Development, BC SUPPORT Unit, Michael Smith Health Research BC. #SPOR, #CIHR Posting on #PatientEngagement in research, #POR, #LearningHealthSystems & #LearningCommunities

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Public Involvement in the Evaluation of Local Government Public Health Interventions in the UK: Lessons From PHIRST Insight Introduction The value of public involvement in research is increasingly recognised, bringing specific lived experience to inform research from the outset. Despite known benefits, barriers to meanin...

Public Involvement in the Evaluation of Local Government Public Health Interventions in the UK: Lessons From PHIRST Insight - Wort - 2026 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Community Centred Health and Well-being This insightful volume examines how the principles and practice of person-centred care can extend to operate at the level of community health and wellbeing.Split into three parts, the book articulates...

Community Centred Health and Well-being: Approaches and Cases - Google Books books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...

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Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities Family doctors are encouraged to involve patients as equal partners in research and teaching, but examples of how to do this well are still quite rare. Our project, called the Canadian Primary Care Information Network - Learner and Patient ...

Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Integrating Patient Engagement into Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics: Bringing the Patient Voice into Data‐Driven Science Patient engagement (PE) refers to the active partnership between researchers and patients throughout the research process. Here, we introduce a novel framework that embeds PE directly into quantitati...

Integrating Patient Engagement into Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics: Bringing the Patient Voice into Data‐Driven Science - Zhou - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics - Wiley Online Library ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Apply for position: Director of Care (Medical Director), Gateway Team-Based Care Teaching Clinic - UBC Faculty of Medicine www.med.ubc.ca/careers/dire...

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Early detection of lung attacks in COPD A new risk prediction tool could help reduce the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on patients and health care systems. The PRECISE-X model tested by lead researcher and Vancouver...

Early detection of lung attacks in COPD | VCH Research Institute www.vchri.ca/stories/2026...

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Home - The Men's Health Research Program at UBC Promoting Men's Health Through Research and Engagement. We draw on masculinities and participatory action research methods to engage diverse groups of men in working together to address their unique s...

New Website launched!
Home - The Men's Health Research Program at UBC menshealthresearch.ubc.ca

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Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation Health profession regulators are operating in increasingly disruptive and complex environments. Heightened public scrutiny, evolving system-wide risks…

Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation Health profession regulators are operating in increasingly disruptive and complex environments. Heightened public scrutiny, evolving system-wide risks…

Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Empowering Patient Voices: Revolutionising Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Through Patient and Public Involvement This article shares how individuals living with IBD are partnering with researchers and clinicians to shape studies, so they reflect the realities of living with IBD. By listening to patient voices, ...

Empowering Patient Voices: Revolutionising Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Through Patient and Public Involvement - O’Riordan - 2026 - JCC Plus - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Canada.ca The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.

#HealthyMen—The Government of Canada is launching a national conversation on Men and Boys’ Health - Canada.ca www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

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Canada.ca The Government of Canada website is a single point of access to all programs, services, departments, ministries and organizations of the Government of Canada.

Improving the health of men and boys in Canada - Canada.ca www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

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The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices Patient and public involvement (PPI) aims to produce knowledge and improve health services by involving patients, citizens, and stakeholders in variou…

The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Evolving approaches to broaden public and patient involvement in cancer research Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) integrates patients and the public into research design, conduct, and dissemination to ensure future research represents the needs of society. We propose a toolkit...

Evolving approaches to broaden public and patient involvement in cancer research: Trends in Cancer www.cell.com/trends/cance...

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Research on Research | Urbanindigenouswellb

The project is guided by an Urban Indigenous Research Advisory Circle of Indigenous community leaders, Elders, youth, and young adults with urban Indigenous living experience from across British Columbia. If you are interested in joining the Advisory Circle: www.urbanindigenouswellbeing.com/ror

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Social Contexts of Administrative Data About Substance Use Disorder The Big IDEAs About Health Data speaker series features a variety of experts discussing how data can be used to advance health equity.

Social Contexts of Administrative Data About Substance Use Disorder Tickets, Thursday, Mar 26 from 10 am to 11 am PDT | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-con...

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Data Sources and Analytic Approaches Used to Evaluate the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement in Child Health Research: Simple Random Survey of Individual Studies in Published Reviews - PubMed A patient partner (co-author, FB) was a member of the research team from study inception, and contributed to the development of the study protocol, including refining the research question, input on study design, selection of relevant outcomes, interpretation of findings, writing the manuscript, and …

Data Sources and Analytic Approaches Used to Evaluate the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement in Child Health Research: Simple Random Survey of Individual Studies in Published Reviews - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41721499/

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Development of a 4Pi national involvement standards-based questionnaire to evaluate patient and public involvement - Research Involvement and Engagement Research Involvement and Engagement - Evaluation of patient and public involvement (PPI) is crucial to ensuring it is conducted with quality. However, determining how best to evaluate the...

Development of a 4Pi national involvement standards-based questionnaire to evaluate patient and public involvement | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Let's Do It Together! Co-creating a Supportive Tool to Enhance Patient Involvement in Agenda Setting in Healthcare Communication Communication training improves healthcare professionals’ person-centered skills, yet patients are less often supported in taking an active role. This…

Let's Do It Together! Co-creating a Supportive Tool to Enhance Patient Involvement in Agenda Setting in Healthcare Communication - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Patient Advisory Committee Engagement in a Precision Medicine-Focused Public Oncology Conference: Case Report of Lessons Learned - Sevtap Savas, Georgia Skardasi, Aaron A. Curtis, Marcelo F. Martinez, John King, Cyndi Corbett, Judy Donovan Whitty, Gilles Le, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Combining Listening Cafés and a Games‐Based Co‐Design Approach for Public Involvement With Underserved Communities: A Methodology and Lessons Learned From Health Research Background Meaningful involvement of underserved communities in health research requires consideration of structural, cultural and linguistic diversity. Games offer promising ways to foster engageme.....

Combining Listening Cafés and a Games‐Based Co‐Design Approach for Public Involvement With Underserved Communities: A Methodology and Lessons Learned From Health Research - Holt - 2026 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Public involvement in the design of a complex neurosurgical clinical trial (the GDNF trial) and an associated support package: reflections and recommendations - Trials Background Neurosurgical trials have a high burden on participants, which underscores the need to involve patients, carers, and the public in trial design to ensure their needs and expectations are me...

Public involvement in the design of a complex neurosurgical clinical trial (the GDNF trial) and an associated support package: reflections and recommendations | Trials | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Public involvement in the design of a complex neurosurgical clinical trial (the GDNF trial) and an associated support package: reflections and recommendations - Trials Background Neurosurgical trials have a high burden on participants, which underscores the need to involve patients, carers, and the public in trial design to ensure their needs and expectations are me...

Public involvement in the design of a complex neurosurgical clinical trial (the GDNF trial) and an associated support package: reflections and recommendations | Trials | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Embedding public and patient involvement in childhood stuttering research: lessons learned from engaging children and families in Saudi Arabia - Research Involvement and Engagement Background Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) is increasingly recognised as essential for ensuring health research is relevant, inclusive, and responsive to local contexts. However, in many regions ...

Embedding public and patient involvement in childhood stuttering research: lessons learned from engaging children and families in Saudi Arabia | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Patient Involvement in RASP-UK Clinical Research | Niche Exploring the role of patient involvement in RASP-UK and how embedding lived experience strengthens severe asthma research, study design, and clinical impact.

Patient Involvement in RASP-UK Clinical Research | Niche niche.org.uk/voice2

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A rapid evaluation of the reporting and publishing practices of patient and public involvement and engagement in health research within a UK university institute - Research Involvement and Engagement Research Involvement and Engagement - Involving patients and the public in health research helps ensure that studies are of high quality and focus on the issues that matter most to the people...

A rapid evaluation of the reporting and publishing practices of patient and public involvement and engagement in health research within a UK university institute | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

20.02.2026 05:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ghana: Reject The Anti-Lgbt+ Bill! The anti-LGBT+ bill is back in Ghana, and this time, it has stronger political backing. We stopped it before, and together we can stop it again. Sign now to protect LGBT+ rights.

The dangerous anti-LGBT+ bill is back in Ghana, with stronger political support. We stopped it once. Let’s stop it again. Sign to defend equality and human rights. a.allout.org/s/P3wrb/

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Walking the walk: a case study of partnering with patients in designing and delivering a patient and public involvement implementation plan - Research Involvement and Engagement Research Involvement and Engagement - Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) in the UK are required to integrate patient and public involvement (PPI) into their research and operational strategies to meet...

Walking the walk: a case study of partnering with patients in designing and delivering a patient and public involvement implementation plan | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Setting a normative practice: patient and public involvement in health and social care research

Setting a normative practice: patient and public involvement in health and social care research - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Patient and public involvement A patient representative contributed to the study design, especially supporting the idea that a RCT comparing Band and Bypass was important and acceptable. She was a co-applicant on the grant applicat...

Patient and public involvement - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding or sleeve gastrectomy for severe obesity: The By-Band-Sleeve randomised controlled trial - NCBI Bookshelf www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK620...

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