Dr Natasha Ratcliffe is a specialist in patient and public involvement in research and joined LifeArc in 2024. Her work is focused on supporting the development of effective, equitable, and sustainable partnerships with patients and communities to help improve and maximise the impact of research.
Natasha’s leads LifeArc’s strategy for patient engagement and supports colleagues across LifeArc to involve patients and communities in our work. Her role is to ensure that everything we do is shaped and informed by patients, communities and people with lived experience.
Natasha has extensive experience working with the charity sector, academia and industry, and previously led the Research Involvement programme at Parkinson’s UK. Natasha is also a visiting lecturer at King’s College London, working with the Centre for Pharmaceutical Medicine Research to support research and education on patient engagement in medicines development.