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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group
Working group
The College of Medicine and Health’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Group started as the Athena SWAN Working Group in 2012, before developing into the EDI Group in 2016, to reflect a broader remit covering equality, diversity and inclusion in relation to all protected characteristics.
Member biographies
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group
The Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group meets every two months, and its members are either representative of particular roles, or are volunteers from particular areas within the College of Medicine and Health.
Role | Name |
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College Academic Lead for EDI (EDI Group Co-Chair (Academic)) |
Reza Zamani |
Director of College Operations (EDI Group Co-Chair (Professional Services)) |
Rachel Burn |
Executive Officer (EDI Group Secretariat) |
Sarah Downing |
Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor |
Richard Smith |
Associate Dean Education |
Ian Fussell |
Associate Dean Research |
Paul Francis |
Associate HR Business Partner |
Claire Breading |
Widening Participation Coordinator |
Charlotte Robson |
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor |
Tom Caro |
Senior Academic Tutor (BAME Students) / BMBS programme representative | Vrinda Nayak |
Senior Academic Tutor (International Students) | Tudor Chinnah |
Senior Academic Tutor (Mature Students) / Medical Sciences programme representative | Sam Pollard |
Cornwall representatives |
Ben Wheeler Conny Guell |
Early Career Researchers (IBCS) |
Pia Leete |
Early Career Researchers (IHR) |
Tristan Snowsill |
Early Career Researchers (Cornwall) | Aimee Murray |
Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science |
Anna Murray |
Institute of Health Research |
Sarah Dean Jenny Lloyd |
Medical Imaging programme representative |
tbc |
Nursing programme representative | tbc |
Postgraduate Research Students representative | Kinan Al Mokbel |
Postgraduate Taught Students representative |
tbc |
Professional Services representative |
Cecilia Mañosa Nyblon |
Undergraduate students representative |
tbc |
The role of the CMH Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group is to:
- Review the CMH organisational culture, to ensure that CMH is an inclusive environment for all staff and students.
- Consult with CMH staff and students to clarify viewpoints and gather feedback on a positive working culture and equal opportunities.
- Review existing processes and policies to identify where there are barriers or perceptions which hinder staff and students from reaching their full potential, and put solutions in place.
- Receive, consider, disseminate and respond to information about Equality, Diversity & Inclusion related issues and initiatives in the wider University, feeding into University EDI committees as appropriate.
- Develop SMART actions to improve procedures and practices with a view to overcoming barriers to fairness and equality of opportunities throughout CMH.
- Be accountable for the progress of the College’s Athena SWAN Action Plan, determining the impact of the Action Plan and identifying new initiatives and actions to take the Action Plan forward. Certain members will also act as theme leads for the Action Plan.
- Ensure synergies between the Athena SWAN Action Plan and the Employee Engagement Survey Action Plan are identified.
- Learn from other national and international organisations promoting equality of opportunities in science and medicine, and share best practice.
- Oversee the planning and submission process for future CMH equality charter submissions and awards.
- Develop sub-groups as appropriate, to work on the delivery of specific actions.