Chair, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute, University of Cambridge) Engagement and Advisory Committee; England

Stella works with digital technology and researches the implementation of knowledge-based systems.

She has extensive experience of health and social care systems through her personal experience and someone with caring responsibilities. She leverages these experiences as a volunteer for several charities and organisations in the arena of health and social care. She appraises research proposals for NIHR, CRUK, and other funders. She’s a co-applicant on proposals for the greater adoption of plain language in public-facing documents.

She contributes a patient and public perspective to the development of living guidelines for NICE, and is a member of a NICE technology appraisal committee.

Stella acts as a reviewer for several journals. She was the BMJ’s Patient Reviewer of 2022. She’s an active contributor to the Cochrane Collaboration including the citizen science platform, Cochrane Crowd.

Stella chairs The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute, University of Cambridge) Engagement and Advisory Committee.