Who do we work with?

We are committed to building multi-sector partnerships across the UK.

Forging partnerships

At Inflammation and Immunity, we aim to engage and collaborate with partners from across a range of different sectors, including: 

  • Academia
  • Charities
  • Data providers & Trusted Research Environments (TREs)
  • Industry
  • NHS partners (e.g. public health agencies, trusts, care boards)
  • Policy makers
  • Professional bodies 

Below is a complete list of our current partners. Each partner is accompanied by a short description introducing who they are and how they have contributed, or otherwise linked to, our programme. 

Involving members of the public

Patient and public voices are essential for producing research that matters. 

Our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) team, led by our PPI Lead, Dr Tracy Jackson, are dedicated to: 

  • Identifying and supporting opportunities for patient, public and community members to become meaningfully involved across all areas of our programme;
  • Collaborating with other PPI groups to create an extensive network of PPI contributors with aligning goals and interests 

Visit our PPI page to find out more.

Data providers & Trusted Research Environments (TREs)

 Find out more about our partnered data providers and TREs by visiting our 'working with data' page.

Visit: Working with data

Professor Ian Sinha, a member of our steering group, is based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Trust. Ian also holds an honorary professorship at the University of Liverpool.


Professor Jenni Quint, one of our co-lead investigators, is based at Imperial College London.


Two members of our steering group – Professor Gwyneth Davies, research lead for Wales and Mr Chris Orton, our Technical Lead – are based at Swansea University. 


Dr Tracy Jackson, our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Lead is based at the University of Edinburgh.


Two members of our steering group – Professor Liam Heaney and Dr John Busby, our research lead and lead data analyst for Northern Ireland, respectively – are based at Queen’s University Belfast.


Several members of our steering (leadership) group are based at The University of Oxford: 

  • Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh, one of our co-lead investigators
  • Dr Stuart Faulkner, our Programme Manager

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