In her role as Associate Dean for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement, Dr Jackson leads development and execution of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (CMVM) wide strategies to integrate Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) across all research and teaching activities, in the context of human health and recognising that there are opportunities for engagement in the One Health context.  The role is central to achieving the University’s vision of embedding PPIE as a foundational element across its academic disciplines, enhancing research impact, fostering community partnerships, and increasing funding opportunities.  As a key member of the CMVM Innovation and Engagement team, she has a critical role in enabling academic and operational excellence through PPIE.

She is a Senior Research Fellow based within the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh.  She leads on Patient and Public Involvement for the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research (AUKCAR), IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP²ART) and the Inflammation and Immunity Driver Programme.  She also leads on Community Engagement and Involvement for the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE). 

She works with researchers to ensure patient, public and community members are meaningfully involved in research.  She has a background in health psychology and believes that Patient and Public Involvement is essential to producing high quality health research that is relevant to the people it impacts.

Tracy's research interests include:

• patient and public involvement
• community engagement and involvement
• co-produced research
• engaging and involving communities in health research
• health psychology
• health promotion
• determinants of health and health behaviours
• mixed methods research

Chair of the Usher Institute Patient and Public Involvement Committee

Member of the Usher Institute Senior Leadership Team

Member of the Usher Institute Research Committee