About the EDI Team
Who we are
Professor Chloe Orkin
Chair of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Professor of HIV Medicine at the Blizard Institute and Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Vanessa Apea
Deputy Academic Lead of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Barts Health NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Blizard Institute
Dr Aylin Baysan
Chair of the Institute of Dentistry Athena SWAN Committee and Deputy Academic Lead of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Reader in Cariology in relation to Minimally Invasive Dentistry (MID)
Dr Shafaq Sikandar
Chair of the School of Medicine Athena SWAN Committee and Deputy Academic Lead of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Versus Arthritis Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sensory Biology
Dr Riya George
Deputy Academic Lead of the School of Medicine and Dentistry Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee
Lecturer in Clinical Communication Skills
Laura Simpson
Athena SWAN Coordinator and EDI webpage editor, VP Health Team
Institute EDI Representatives
Barts Cancer Institute: Dr Sabari Vallath sabari.vallath@qmul.ac.uk
Blizard Institute: Dr Tania Maffucci t.maffucci@qmul.ac.uk
Institute of Dentistry: Dr Aylin Baysan a.baysan@qmul.ac.uk
Institute of Health Sciences Education: Shahrar Ali shahrar.ali@qmul.ac.uk
William Harvey Research Institute: Shafaq Sikander s.sikandar@qmul.ac.uk
Wolfson Institute of Population Health: Maria D'Amico m.damico@qmul.ac.uk
Our Committees
Chair: Professor Sandra Eldridge
Co-Chair: Dr Riya George
Committee secretary: Im Hussain m.hussain@qmul.ac.uk
Key documents:
Frequency of meetings: 6 times per year
Key contacts:
| Name | Title | Role | Contact details |
| Mat Robathan | BLSA President | UG student rep | president@bartslondon.com |
| Dr Helen Bintley | Clinical Skills Lecturer | LGBTQ+ liaison | h.bintley@qmul.ac.uk |
| Marissa Harris | SMD Strategic HR Partner | HR lead | m.harris@qmul.ac.uk |
| Dr Riya George (maternity leave) | Lecturer in Clinical Communication Skills | Co-Chair of Committee, BAME Attainment Gap Research Group, IHSE rep | r.george@qmul.ac.uk |
| Im Hussain | SMD Equality and Diversity Data Officer | Secretary and Data Officer | im.hussain@qmul.ac.uk |
| Professor Chloe Orkin | Professor of HIV Medicine | Athena SWAN Chair | c.orkin@qmul.ac.uk |
| Mangala Patel | Professor of Dental Medicine | BAME Attainment Gap Research Group | m.patel@qmul.ac.uk |
| Laura Simpson | Athena SWAN Coordinator |
EDI webpage editor Athena SWAN liaison |
l.simpson@qmul.ac.uk |
| Sabari Vallath | Deputy Institute Manager | Barts Cancer Institute rep | sabari.vallath@qmul.ac.uk |
| Tania Maffucci | Senior Lecturer | Blizard Institute rep | t.maffucci@qmul.ac.uk |
| Aylin Baysan | Clinical Reader in Cariology in relation to MID | Institute of Dentistry rep | a.baysan@qmul.ac.uk |
| Shahrar Ali | Assistant Institute Manager (Quality and Research) | Institute of Health Sciences Education rep | shahrar.ali@qmul.ac.uk |
| Maria D'Amico | PPCTU Trial Manager | Institute of Population Health Science rep | m.damico@qmul.ac.uk |
| Shafaq Sikandar | Lecturer in Sensory Biology | William Harvey Research Institute rep |
s.sikandar@qmul.ac.uk |
| Rehana Patel | Academic PG Programmes Manager | Wolfson Institute rep | rehana.patel@qmul.ac.uk |
Chair: Professor Chloe Orkin
Vice-Chair: Natalie McCloskey n.mccloskey@qmul.ac.uk
Athena SWAN Coordinator: Laura Simpson l.simpson@qmul.ac.uk
Key documents:
Silver Athena SWAN document [PDF 6,086KB]
Athena SWAN SAT TOR [DOC 51KB]
Frequency of meetings: 6 times per year
Key contacts:
| Name | Title and role | Role | Contact details |
| Chinedu Anthony Anene | Post-Doctoral Researcher | Post-doc liaison | a.anene@qmul.ac.uk |
| Mat Robathan | BLSA President | UG Student rep | president@bartslondon.com |
| Sheila Olendo Barasa | PhD student | PG student liaison | s.o.barasa@qmul.ac.uk |
| Angus Cameron |
Senior Lecturer |
Shared Parental Leave, work/life balance | a.cameron@qmul.ac.uk |
| Ruth Dobson |
Clinical Senior Lecturer |
Clinical academic liaison | ruth.dobson@qmul.ac.uk |
| Sandra Eldridge | Professor | SMD EDI Committee Chair | s.eldridge@qmul.ac.uk |
| Dipesh Gopal | Academic Clinical Fellow | Communications lead | d.gopal@qmul.ac.uk |
| Im Hussain | SMD Equality and Diversity Data Officer | Data | im.hussain@qmul.ac.uk |
| Natalie McCloskey | Institute Manager | Vice-Chair of SAT | n.mccloskey@qmul.ac.uk |
| Lou Metherell | Professor, PI research | Academic researcher | l.a.metherell@qmul.ac.uk |
| Elizabeth Micakovic | EA to VP (maternity leave) | VP Health liaison | e.micakovic@qmul.ac.uk |
| Laura Simpson | Athena SWAN Coordinator | Committee secretary | l.simpson@qmul.ac.uk |
| Shafaq Sikander | Lecturer | Academic liaison | s.sikandar@qmul.ac.uk |
| Nasema Uddin | SMD Research Deanery Manager | Research liaison | nasema.uddin@qmul.ac.uk |
Chair: Dr Aylin Baysan
Athena SWAN Coordinator: Laura Simpson l.simpson@qmul.ac.uk
Key documents:
Institute of Dentistry 2018 Silver Award [PDF 2,600KB]
Frequency of meetings: 6 times per year
Key contacts:
| Name | Title and role | Role | Contact details |
| Aylin Baysan | Reader in Cariology | Chair of SAT | a.baysan@qmul.ac.uk |
| Professor Paul Coulthard | Dean for Dentistry | Clinical Academic staff | p.coulthard@qmul.ac.uk |
| Lorna Ireland | Institute Manager | Professional staff liaison | l.ireland@qmul.ac.uk |
| Im Hussain | SMD Equality and Diversity Data Officer | Data officer | im.hussain@qmul.ac.uk |
| Laura Simpson | Athena SWAN Coordinator | Committee secretary | l.simpson@qmul.ac.uk |
| Samantha Matthew | Assistant Institute Manager | Professional staff liaison | s.matthew@qmul.ac.uk |
Who are we?
We are ARSC (Anti-Racism Steering Committee): a student-staff collaboration to help actively address issues of race & racism within our curriculums. We want to represent all of BL SMD and currently have student & staff representatives for Medicine, Dentistry, Physician Associates and Global Health. We are working towards having representation from all courses and will be sending out application forms in the near future for unfilled positions.
Why were we created?
We were set up following the recent unrest and Black Lives Matter protesting in the wake of the unlawful killing of George Floyd & many others, and increased awareness of systemic racism in our societies. In addition, much conversation has rightly centered the racial health disparities in mortality rates from COVID-19, further exposing the health, social and racial inequities that have been present for so long.
It has become clear that we can no longer stand and allow these and countless other issues to be side-lined; we need collaborative work to enact long-lasting change.
Steering Committee members
The steering committee is a student-staff collaborative initiative and currently includes students and staff from Medicine, Dentistry, Physician Associate, Malta and Allied Healthcare Courses.
Thaarabi Tharmapathy –BLSA BAME Student Representative and Student Lead
Yasmine Saima Jabbar – British Medical Association (BMA) Student Representative
Jed Ashman – Phase 1 Student Lead
Guilia Olayemi – Phase 1 Student Lead
Sally Mohammed – Phase 2 Student Lead
Christine Joerres – Phase 2 Student Lead
Halima Okewole – Phase 3 Student Lead
Rakin Choudhury – BLSA Alumni Rep / Phase 3 Student Lead
Ehsan Gauher – Gozo Society President (Malta)
Angie Anifalaje – Malta Student Representative
Milton Justinsuthakaran – Dental President
Mollie Cronin – Global Health Course Representative
Dr Riya George – Co-Chair of EDI SMD Committee
Dr Nimesh Patel – Head of Assessment
Dr Wendy Lowe – Senior Lecturer in Medical Education
Dr Lucy Carter – Physician Associate Lecturer
Dr Deepa Shah – Clinical Lecturer/ Co-lead on Yr 3 GP teaching, CBME
Dr Devina Raval – Senior Lecturer/Lead in Clinical Skills (London)
Ms Gina Baker – Academic and Wellbeing Support in Malta
Professor Mangala Patel – Professor of Bio Dental Materials
Dr Shahrar Ali – IHSE EDI Lead
Key documents
Barts and The London BMA Racial Harassment Charter [PDF 148KB]
Anti-Racism Committee Governance Structure [PDF 907KB]
Anti-Racism Medicine 2020 Survey Results [PDF 1,918KB]
Anti-Racism Physician Associate 2020 Survey report [PDF 871KB]
Anti-racism steering committee dictionary [PDF 530KB]
Anti-racism steering committee live resources document [DOC 40KB]