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Bringing policies to life – a day with the UK LLC Citizen Panel

21st Mar 2025

In this blog, Katharine Evans, UK LLC Senior Data Manager, talks about taking part in the Citizen Panel workshop. Please also view our other blogs in this mini-series from Salma, Jonathan, Sarah, Farheen, Alan and Citizen Panel Lead, Dr Lidis Garbovan. I’ve worked at...

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Building Trust: Navigating Data Access and Protection in Longitudinal Population Studies

10th Mar 2025

In this blog, UK LLC Citizen Panel member, Alan shares his thoughts on discussions at the recent Birmingham workshop. Please also view our other blogs in this mini-series from Salma, Jonathan, Sarah, Farheen and Citizen Panel Lead, Dr Lidis Garbovan....

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My experience with UK LLC

10th Mar 2025

In this blog, UK LLC Citizen Panel member Salma talks about her experience as a public contributor. Please also read our other blogs in this mini-series from Jonathan, Sarah, Farheen, Alan and our Citizen Panel Lead, Dr Lidis Garbovan. My...

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On and beyond the screen: Reflections on being part of the UK LLC Citizen Panel 

21st Feb 2025

In this blog Sarah Chave and Farheen Yameen reflect on their experiences of being part of the UK LLC Citizen Panel. Please also read our blogs from Dr Lidis Garbovan, Research Fellow and Citizen Panel Lead and Jonathan Davis, UK LLC...

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Contributing to public benefit: my experience as a member of the UK LLC Citizen Panel

21st Feb 2025

In this blog, Jonathan shares his experience as a member of the Citizen Panel at UK LLC. Please also read our other blogs in this mini-series from Sarah, Farheen, Alan, Salma and Dr Lidis Garbovan, Research Fellow and Citizen Panel...

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UK LLC Citizen Panel Hybrid Workshop: The iceberg and the view under the waters…

21st Feb 2025

This blogpost contains Lidis’ impressions about and reflections on the UK LLC Citizen Panel Hybrid Workshop in Birmingham on 31 January 2025. Please also view our other blogs in this mini-series from Salma, Jonathan, Sarah, Farheen, and Alan . Introduction...

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Reflections on setting up a Citizen Panel at UK LLC

29th Aug 2024

In this blog, Dr Lidis Garbovan shares her experience of setting up the first Citizen Panel at UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). Lidis talks about her initial six months with UK LLC where she spent time developing the Citizen...

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My first Steering Group meeting

29th Aug 2024

In this blog, Betty Idemudia shares her experience of attending the inaugural UK LLC Citizen Panel Steering Group meeting. She describes how her lack of prior knowledge led to exploration and learn the concepts around Citizen Panels. Betty describes how...

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My Experience So Far

8th Aug 2024

In this blog, Betty Idemudia talks about her experience to date as a Research Assistant with UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). Betty joins UK LLC as part of this year’s Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Black Internship Programme...

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Achieving ISO 27001 Certification of UK LLC’s Trusted Research Environment

16th Mar 2023

Protecting the confidentiality and security of study participant data is of critical importance to UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). For that reason, UK LLC has invested heavily in developing a comprehensive ‘Information Security Management System’. This involves undertaking independent...

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