Personal Statement
Dr Jessica Weaver is an early career researcher at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Population Health and a registered social worker. Her interdisciplinary research spans Service Research, applied health research and participatory approaches, with a particular focus on improving public services through the meaningful involvement of service users. Her doctoral research explored collaborative approaches to Transformative Service Research and the co-creation of public healthcare services, examining experiences service users of an infant feeding service eco-system. This included co-designing a digital infant-feeding information tool with parents and practitioners, subsequently embedded within local service provision. Jessica currently works across programmes addressing mental health, health inequalities and public service innovation within the Mental Health Research Innovation Centre (MRIC) at the University of Liverpool.