Speaker Details

Caroline Mitchell

GP and Professor of General Practice Research and Health Equity, Keele University

Professor Caroline Mitchell is a GP and Professor of General Practice Research and Health Equity at Keele University. Her research critiques and addresses equity bias in healthcare through inclusive, participatory methodologies. She co-founded the influential Deep End Research Alliance (DERA), a collaboration of patients/communities, practitioners, and academics in Yorkshire and Humber, and co-leads a national community of practice for Deep End Research delivery networks. Caroline’s work focuses on co-designing and evaluating complex interventions for primary care, with expertise in qualitative, mixed-methods, and clinical trial methodologies. She is a committed activist for equitable research partnerships with underserved communities across NHS priority areas and co-founded both the first ‘Deep End Sheffield ‘ GP RDN in England and the influential Deep End Research Alliance (DERA), a collaboration of patients, practitioners, and academics in Yorkshire and Humber. DERA innovations in primary care research delivery include a novel community research linkworker programme in South Yorkshire building enduring and reciprocol partnerships and community-based research capacity. https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/dera/research-within-communities/community-researcher-toolkit?authuser=0.