Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team

Although originally set up to tackle the issues of gender balance in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM) subjects, the Athena SWAN programme has since broadened its remit. It now includes听work undertaken to address gender equality more broadly, not just barriers to progression that affect women, and works across the arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law disciplines.听In addition, 香港六合彩中特网 is committed to the Race Equality Charter mark which aims to improve the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff and students within higher education.

To reflect these changes, in 2017 the Athena SWAN self-assessment team at the Institute changed their name to the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team (EDIT). As well as gender equality, we cover issues such as BME representation, disability,听bullying/harassment and LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Our听current EDI team听has a mix of professional services and academic staff (PS: 24%, Academic: 76%), gender (F: 71%, M: 29%), ethnicity (BME: 18%) and seniority - ranging from professor to doctoral student. We also have a group of IfWH Masters students who feed ideas and initiatives into the main team. EDI members have specific roles relating to our action plan commitments. We have maintained continuity with two members of the original听team from 2012 (*); newer members have expanded the team's influence within and outside 香港六合彩中特网.

IfWH EDIT Terms of reference

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	Simon Waddington Simon is Professor of Gene Therapy. He was born in a declining mill town in East Lancashire and came to London in the early 90s to study for his PhD at Imperial College. He joined 香港六合彩中特网 in 2006. He is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion all in aspects of academia. 听
	Rajvinder Karda Dr Rajvinder Karda is a Lecturer in Gene therapy. She joined IfWH in 2017. She is passionate about improving wellbeing & mentoring staff members and students. 听
	Christina Ahlfors Ms Christina Ahlfors* is a Senior HR Officer and听has been with the EGA IfWH since 2008. She is also an active member of the organisation SWEA, which is aimed at supporting Swedish women working abroad. She is passionate about reading and writing fiction.
	Bola Grace Dr Bola Grace is an Honorary Research & Teaching Fellow. She completed her PhD part time at the EGA Institute for Women's Health, where first joined the Athena Swan Team as a student member. Bola has been an active volunteer for youth clubs in her local community for many years. She enjoys working with and mentoring young people.
	Pascale听Guillot Dr Pascale听Guillot joined EGA IfWH as a Senior Lecturer in 2014. She is passionate about inspiring and empowering women in leadership positions. She and her husband have a daughter at primary school and they live in the countryside with their animals.
	Marcia Jacks 听Marcia Jacks has been at 香港六合彩中特网 for over 25 years and had a steady career progression before successfully applying for the role of Institute Manager in Women鈥檚 Health in 2009. 听Marcia has 3 children and is a grandmother. 听She has throughout her time at 香港六合彩中特网 been involved in 听equality issues and was Chair/Co-Chair of the Race Equality Steering Group (RESG) for over 10 years, she now remains an active member of the RESG. 听She was a member of the Commission set up for 听the 听Inquiry into the History of 听Eugenics at 香港六合彩中特网听which led to the de-naming of the Pearson and Galton lecture theatres and now sits of the 香港六合彩中特网 Buildings 听Naming and Renaming Committee. 听Marcia鈥檚 Sponsorship project and recommendation was formulated into the Inclusive Advocacy initiative 听which forms part of the 香港六合彩中特网 Equality Toolkit to support the career progression of BAME staff in grades 7-10. 听Marcia is passionate about equality issues and want to promote fairness and respect for all staff regardless of gender, race, disability, religion 听or sexual orientation.
	Jenny Rattray Ms Jenny Rattray is the MBBS Module Manager at EGA IfWH. She is听a supporter of access to the arts for disabled people; captioned and audio described performances of plays and art through words, where works in collections are described with the use of sound recordings or tactile aids.
	Ian Waller Mr Ian Waller is the Finance Manager for the EGA IfWH and joined 香港六合彩中特网 in April 2011. Ian is married, with a school aged step-daughter and a toddler-aged son. Flexible working has allowed Ian to share the childcare arrangements for his son, as well as sharing the school 鈥榬un鈥� for his step-daughter.听
	Alexey Zaikin Dr Alexey Zaikin holds a Chair of Computational Biomedicine and Applied Mathematics. It is a joint appointment between Institute for Women鈥檚 Health and Department of Mathematics. He had the unusual but satisfying experience of supervising a PhD student who completed her project over 7 years that included 3 periods of maternity leave.听Alexey is married and has worked at 香港六合彩中特网 since 2008.
	Tania Castillo Hernandez Dr Tania Castillo Hernandez joined the EGA IfWH as a research Fellow in 2020. She is passionate about supporting Early Career Researchers by providing a space for skills and community development. Tania is also motivated in representing international staff and students in the institute.
	Ashley Boyle Dr Ashley Boyle joined EGA IfWH as a Research Associate in 2018. She is passionate about supporting other Early Career Researchers. Ashley鈥檚 other interests include public engagement and 听encouraging young people to pursue careers in science.