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Who we are

The University’s central Public and Community Engagement with Research (PCER) Team, our Academic Champion and Advisory Board.

PCER Team

The University’s central Public and Community Engagement with Research (PCER) Team consists of: 

  • Luke Caunt – Projects and Team Administrator
  • Dr Mat Hickman – Head of PCER; Acting Assistant Director of Innovation and Engagement
  • Bridget Holligan – Community Engagement Manager
  • Emma Sarcol – PCER Manager
  • Faye Shelbourne – Engagement Grants and Project Coordinator
  • Dr Natalia Shimokhina – Data Analyst
  • Dr Annaleise Wood – Engagement and Evaluation Coordinator

Email [email protected] if you have a general question about public and community engagement with research at Oxford.

Academic Champion

Our Academic Champion for PCER at the University is Professor Anneke Lucassen; Director of the Centre for Personalised Medicine, and Professor of Genomic Medicine within the Medical Sciences Division. Anneke was appointed as Academic Champion in 2024 and chairs our PCER Advisory Board. She leads a programme of research that addresses what needs to happen to ensure the benefits of genomic discovery have direct relevance to patients and society. Her expertise in integrating community engagement into multidisciplinary translational research and ethics makes her an excellent advocate for responsible engagement at the University.

Advisory Board

The PCER Advisory Board was established in 2022. It convenes senior academic and engagement professionals to advocate for engagement and ensure strategic alignment across the University. The membership comprises of:

  • Chair: Professor Anneke Lucassen
  • Pro-Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement, Sport, and Community): Professor Alexander Betts
  • Interim Director of Research Services: Dr Tanita Casci
  • Director of Innovation & Engagement: Dr Olga Kozlova
  • Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM) Head of Research and Impact Management: Dr Harriet Warburton
  • GLAM academic representative: Dr JC Niala
  • Humanities Head of Impact: Dr Karen Houghton
  • Humanities academic representative: vacant
  • Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS) Head of Public and Community Engagement with Research: Dr Michaela Livingstone-Banks
  • MPLS academic representative: Professor Richard Cooper
  • Medical Sciences Division (MSD) Public and Policy Engagement Facilitator: Naomi Gibson
  • MSD academic representative: Dr Melanie Fleming
  • Social Sciences Division (SSD) Head of Engagement: Aileen Marshall-Brown
  • SSD academic representative: vacant
  • Public Engagement Facilitator Network (PEFN) representative: vacant
  • Early career/fixed term researcher representative: vacant
  • College representative: vacant