Lauren Asare

Lauren Asare is a researcher for the Patient and Public Involvement Team within NIHR PenARC. Her role entails supporting patients and members of the public in their involvement and engagement in healthcare services research, so that the people who are meant to benefit from research have a say in shaping it. 

Lauren is also undertaking her PhD at the University of Exeter Medical School. Her PhD project aims to investigate the experiences that people with thyroid disease have with receiving care and managing their conditions day-to-day following treatments such as total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy.