Jodie Hughes
Nominee Profile
Location: Portsmouth
I am Jodie Hughes, PhD, charity founder, researcher, lecturer, patient advocate, and single mother. I completed my doctorate at the University of Roehampton, where my research explored health-related quality of life in endometriosis across communities rarely centred in women's health: people from ethnic minorities, gender-diverse individuals, and those in uniformed service environments.
I am the Founder of Endometriosis South Coast (ESC), a registered charity supporting all people affected by endometriosis and adenomyosis, regardless of gender identity. Under my leadership, ESC has grown from an idea into a structured, community-led organisation with a dedicated volunteer team spanning governance, events, fundraising, marketing, and people management, delivering support, awareness campaigns, and research-informed resources across the South Coast and beyond.
I lecture on women's health in public health contexts, bringing research evidence and patient perspectives into educational spaces that shape future practitioners. I serve as an Early Careers Ambassador for the World Endometriosis Society and contribute actively to patient and public involvement and engagement in research.
My academic background spans a BSc in Health and Nutrition, an MSc in Health Sciences, and my recently completed PhD. I have now applied for a postdoctoral research position investigating what patients actually want their endometriosis care to look like, placing patient voice at the centre of how services are designed and delivered.
I do not sit neatly in one category. I am a researcher who leads a charity. A patient who produces policy-relevant evidence. A lecturer who brings lived experience into the classroom. A single parent who built something meaningful from the hardest chapter of her life. That breadth is not incidental. It is the point.
I am the Founder of Endometriosis South Coast (ESC), a registered charity supporting all people affected by endometriosis and adenomyosis, regardless of gender identity. Under my leadership, ESC has grown from an idea into a structured, community-led organisation with a dedicated volunteer team spanning governance, events, fundraising, marketing, and people management, delivering support, awareness campaigns, and research-informed resources across the South Coast and beyond.
I lecture on women's health in public health contexts, bringing research evidence and patient perspectives into educational spaces that shape future practitioners. I serve as an Early Careers Ambassador for the World Endometriosis Society and contribute actively to patient and public involvement and engagement in research.
My academic background spans a BSc in Health and Nutrition, an MSc in Health Sciences, and my recently completed PhD. I have now applied for a postdoctoral research position investigating what patients actually want their endometriosis care to look like, placing patient voice at the centre of how services are designed and delivered.
I do not sit neatly in one category. I am a researcher who leads a charity. A patient who produces policy-relevant evidence. A lecturer who brings lived experience into the classroom. A single parent who built something meaningful from the hardest chapter of her life. That breadth is not incidental. It is the point.