Speaker: Dr Jessica Hedge, Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Coordinator

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Jess is responsible for broadening and deepening membership of OPEN, ensuring members receive regular updates about the latest opportunities for engagement, professional development and funding, and facilitating internal funding calls and awards. She also supports researchers and policymakers to develop their ideas for engagement and identify how OPEN may be able to support these. Jess was previously a researcher within the Medical Sciences and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Divisions where her research focused on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.

About OPEN
OPEN is a growing network of more than 1,000 researchers, doctoral students and professional services staff at the University of Oxford who share a vision of public policy powered by the world’s best available research evidence and expertise. Our mission is to equip ourselves and each other to share knowledge and expertise with the policymaking community so that, together, we can contribute to better policies that protect what is valuable and change the world for the better. To this end, OPEN connects researchers across the University with opportunities to engage with the policymaking community locally, nationally and internationally. Find out more about policy engagement at Oxford here. You can also follow the OPEN on Twitter