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  1. About Us
    1. About Us
    2. The Team
    3. Member Organisations
    4. Governance
  2. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    1. Research & Knowledge Mobilisation
    2. Impact
    3. Social Care and Social Work
      1. Social Care and Social Work
      2. Social Care - Kent, Surrey & Sussex Region
    4. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      1. Starting Well: Children's Mental Health
      2. Meet the team
    5. Primary and Community Health Services
      1. Primary and Community Health Services
      2. Meet the team
    6. Living Well with Dementia
      1. Living Well with Dementia
      2. Meet the team
    7. Co-production
      1. Co-production
      2. Meet the team
    8. Public Health
      1. Public Health
      2. Meet the team
    9. Digital Innovation
      1. Digital Innovation
      2. Meet the team
    10. Economics of Health and Social Care
      1. Economics of Health and Social Care
      2. Meet the team
    11. Implementation
      1. Implementation
      2. Meet the team
    12. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      1. Rapid Evidence Synthesis
      2. Meet the team
    13. Knowledge Mobilisation
      1. Knowledge Mobilisation
      2. Meet the team
  3. Public and Community Involvement
    1. Public and Community Involvement
    2. What is PCIE?
    3. Getting Involved
    4. Support for researchers
    5. Resources
    6. PCIE Guide
      1. PCIE Guide
      2. Contents
      3. Introduction
        1. Introduction
        2. An overview of ARC KSS
        3. Who can help you with PCIE?
        4. Terminology and PCIE
      4. Why and When to do PCIE
        1. Why and When to do PCIE
        2. Why involve members of the public in research?
        3. Why do members of the public want to get involved in research?
        4. When to get members of the public involved?
      5. How to do PCIE
        1. How to do PCIE
        2. Communication and Accessibility
        3. Budgeting
        4. Planning for involvement and engagement
        5. How to recruit members of the public
        6. Inclusive Research
        7. Approaches – different options for undertaking PCIE
        8. Facilitating meetings and Group dynamics
        9. Ethics
        10. Feedback
        11. Impact and Evaluation
      6. Examples/Case Studies
      7. Appendix/Useful tools
  4. Learning and Development
    1. Learning and Development
    2. ARC KSS AcademyARC KSS Academy
    3. Learning and DevelopmentLearning and Development
      1. Learning and Development
      2. Learning and Development Finder
      3. Researchers Journeys
    4. MentorshipMentorship
    5. Research communities of practiceResearch communities of practice
    6. Research Week Research Week
      1. Research Week
      2. Research Week 2025: Poster Competition
      3. Previous Research Weeks
    7. NIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South EastNIHR Health and Care Professional Internship Programme South East
    8. Building social care research capacity
  5. Resource Library
  6. Events
  7. News
  8. Contact Us

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Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts

Head of Research Strategy and Impact

Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts

Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts has supported the Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS) from it’s origin as an NIHR research infrastructure organisation in 2019. Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts is ARC KSS Head of Research Strategy and Impact, leading the development of strategic research initiatives and partnerships across health and care systems. She works collaboratively with system partners to strengthen applied health research capability, support research delivery, and maximise the impact of evidence on policy and practice. 

Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts is also Reader in Applied Health Research and Implementation at the Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent. She co-leads the ARC KSS Data Insights into Health Inequalities themes. Her research interests focus on data-informed population health, implementation science, and the development and evaluation of health and care service models. She has particular expertise in using linked routine health data and real-world, pragmatic research design to generate evidence to inform policy and practice. She has experience in co-produced approaches that engage communities, practitioners, and stakeholders to address health inequalities and improve care delivery across NHS and community settings.

Research profiles:

https://research.kent.ac.uk/chss/person/melanie-rees-roberts/

https://arc-kss.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/the-team/mel-rees-roberts

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melanie-Rees-Roberts-2
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