Athena Swan within the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Championing and supporting a culture of participation and inclusivity

Health and medicine theme within Campaign

The Athena Swan Charter is a national initiative that recognises commitment to advancing women's representation, and tackling gender inequality in higher education and research. Originally designed to target improvement for women within science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) subjects and senior positions, it has now been extended to include arts, humanities, social science, business and law (AHSSBL), as well as professional and support staff roles, and for trans staff and students. As part of its commitment to Equality and Diversity, the University of Plymouth is a founder member of the charter.

The Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences aim to champion and support a culture of participation and inclusivity, and to communicate and raise awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion. Our Athena Swan Self Assessment (SAT) Team discusses, implements, promotes and monitors school level actions aimed at improving the working and learning environment for academics, professional services staff and students.

The Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences are committed to the Athena Swan Charter Principles

Athena Swan Silver Award

The Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Science hold a 2022 Athena Swan Silver Award recognising our commitment to championing and supporting a culture of participation and inclusivity and to communicating and raising awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion. To achieve the Athena Swan Silver Award, we had to satisfy or exceed a variety of exacting criteria, introduce sustainable ways of working and create an environment for equal opportunity. Our initiatives are wide-ranging and include creating mechanisms for promotion that are fair to all genders, introducing an equality pledges scheme to empower all our staff to make changes, and prioritising work to support our early career researchers and professional service staff to develop their careers.

View our submission and action plan. If you would like to know more about our Athena Swan work, please email the current SAT chair, Dr Michael Dillon or our deputy chair, Lily Evans .

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Visit the FoH Athena Swan Sharepoint page for hints and tips on preparing an application (University of Plymouth log-in required)

Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team

Dr Michael Dillon

Lecturer in Infection and Immunity

Chair
Lily Evans

Lecturer in Anatomy

Deputy Chair
Dr Claire Adams

Laboratory Manager
Mr Peter Easton

Programme Administrator
Dr Jane Carre

Lecturer in Human Nutrition and Metabolism
Mr Jonah Fox

Lecturer in Physiology (Education)
Mrs Rebecca Glanville

Assessment Psychometrician
Dr Charlotte Illsley

Lecturer in Integrated Dental Science
Dr Karen Johnstone

Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics (Education)
Dr Tracey Madgett

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
Professor Daniel Martin

Professor of Perioperative and Intensive Care Medicine
Caryn Michael

Business Development Manager
Professor Mona Nasser

Director Plymouth Institute of Health and Care Research (PIHR)
Dr Gail Rees

Head of School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Anthony Uren

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences (Blood Science)
Dr Helen Watson

Associate Professor of Bioscience (Education)
Dr Daniel Zahra

Associate Professor of Assessment and Psychometrics