Research Programme Manager; Yorkshire & Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre & University of Leeds, School of Healthcare, England

Gemma is currently Research Programme Manager on The Response Study at the University of Leeds, School of Healthcare. This 39-month project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to evaluate the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) across the NHS in England. Gemma also continues in her role as Core Researcher on the YH PSTRC Patient Involvement in Patient Safety theme. She is a co-applicant on both the Learn Together project and the Ward Sonar project, both sitting within this theme.  Gemma’s broad research interests include patient safety and health services improvement, and the application of health psychology theory and principles to health services research. More specifically, Gemma has a keen interest in patient involvement in patient safety and implementation science. Gemma is a member of the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), Yorkshire and North East Regional Advisory Committee and an Associate Editor for BMC Health Services Research.