Nicholas Hattersley Pitt

Nicholas is the Senior Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Officer in Oxford Population Health.

He is responsible for ensuring that people have their voices heard in all aspects of the department’s research and embedding a culture of engagement in the department. This involves supporting researchers to confidentially engage our core audiences, patient groups and advisory panels to consult, collaborate and develop involvement throughout the research process.

Before re-joining Oxford Population Health, Nicholas worked for the University of Oxford as the Public Engagement Manager for the Welcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, and as the Department of Chemistry’s Public Engagement Officer and consultant, as part of a departmental 'culture change' initiative. Alongside these posts Nicholas has produced a variety of engagement projects for Kings College London and the Centre for Personalised Medicine.

Alongside this work Nicholas is also a trained theatre director and has created and produced a range of successful creative projects across theatre, audio and film and is founder and artistic director of No Stone Theatre. He has also worked for a range of cultural and campaigning organisations including Birmingham Repertory Theatre, The New Diorama, 38 Degrees and was a founder and original head of strategy for The Public Campaign for the Arts (now The Campaign for the Arts)

Nicholas holds a BA in Drama, Theatre Studies, Film and TV from The University of Bristol and a MFA in Theatre Direction from Birkbeck College, University of London.