Faculty of Health Sciences Equality Diversity & Inclusion Group

At the behest of the Dean of Health Sciences, the Faculty team have worked to develop a Faculty-level EDI group. Initial explorations were around establishing a formal Faculty EDI committee to look at policies and procedures across the Faculty, with a focus on placements and any other areas very specific to Health Sciences; the establishment of a formal, policy-focused EDI Committee has been placed on-hold until such time that the College-wide EDI policy is finalised, thus preventing any unnecessary and unintended overlap.

In September 2021, the first meeting of the less formal Faculty EDI Group took palce. The scope of this group is to bring together interested parties with enthusiasm for topics of equality, diversity and inclusion. We seek to harness the interest and enthusiasm of those with a willingness to get involved, to create more visibility around EDI in Health Sciences – and we think for now this might look like hosting a series of events, creating an EDI Newsletter for the Faculty, and generating good content for our Faculty and schools' websites. We also hope to use the Faculty EDI Group as a mechanism for sharing information and ideas across the whole Faculty, in a similar way that some of the localised Athena SWAN groups do at school level.

Terms of Reference (coming soon)

Membership of the EDI Group 2023-24:

To get involved, contact Lena Doherty ldohert@tcd.ie

	Name	School
	Vacant - Student Co-Chair
	Claire Murphy - Staff Co-Chair	Chief Technical Officer (Specialist) (Anatomy), School of Medicine
	Lena Doherty	Faculty Administrator, Health Sciences
	Adanna Umeh	Undergraduate Student, School of Nursing & Midwifery
	Sharee Basdeo	Research Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
	Elaine Burke	Research Fellow, School of Medicine
	Eimear McGlinchey	Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery
	Cathy Cunningham	Assistant Professor/Specialist Registrar, School of Medicine
	Olayinka Aremu	Postgraduate Student, Nursing & Midwifery
	Miriam Galvin	Associate Professor, School of Medicine
	Olive Kiloury	Clinical Facilitator, School of Medicine