Dr Jessica Runacres is a Senior Lecturer in Research Practice at Staffordshire University within the School of Health, Science, and Wellbeing. They teach research methods and analysis across multiple courses within the school. They are also a mixed-methods researcher, and their research interests include social prescribing, health inequalities, epistemic injustice, unpaid and student carers, and dementia. Further academic interests include inclusive approaches to research, such as patient and public involvement, user-led research, and working with students as researchers.