Co-chairs
Dr Elora Baishnab
(she/her) (Ee-law-ra Bay-sh-nab)
Elora is Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Deputy Lead on the MBChB Programme at the University of Manchester. She is also a working GP and Joint Head of Undergraduate GP Teaching. She leads on delivery of Active Bystander training for Year 3 students and has been working with the wider programme on anti-sexism teaching. She has led students across years to decolonise the curriculum starting with online learning materials.
Elora has been a member of DIMAH for many years and support the outgoing chair Margot Turner as DIMAH Secretary.
Outside of her Academic Role she is a GP in active clinical practice, and has various roles working for the RCGP, GMC and as an appraiser. She is a proud Bangladeshi and has three small children that have very much shaped her lived experience and contributed to her commitment to EDI spaces.
You can contact Elora at [email protected].
Dr Mairead Corrigan
(she/her) (Ma-raid Corr-e-gan)
Mairead is a medical sociologist in the Centre for Medical Education (CME) at Queen’s University, Belfast where she is the Academic Lead for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) and is Chair of her Centre’s ED&I Committee. She has been leading on embedding diversity in the curriculum. Many of her ED&I initiatives have been co-created with students. These include the development of open-access ED&I training for healthcare educators in collaboration with Ulster University Medical School and with Northern Ireland’s Postgraduate Deanery; Active Bystander Training for Queen’s; a workshop on challenging racism for medical students; and projects on neurodiversity.
Mairead has been a member of DIMAH for many years. She has found DIMAH to be a valuable community of practice and source of support.
You can contact Mairead at [email protected].
Treasurer
Mr Jonathan Ward
(he/him) (JON-uh-thun WAWD)
Jonathan is Deputy Director of the Interactive Studies Unit (ISU) at the University of Birmingham and works across healthcare programmes, including Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Dentistry, at the university to help students develop their clinical communication and professionalism. He is a member of the Interprofessional Steering Group and the Birmingham Medical School Equalities committee.
As lead for clinical communication and professionalism on the Pharmacy programme, Jon developed the Woodbrooke simulation environment to reflect the super-diverse population that students in the West Midlands will encounter in practice. As co-lead for the clinical communication longitudinal theme within the new Medicine curriculum, he is working with the EDI and cultural competency lead to align communication teaching with EDI learning outcomes.
Jon has been a member of DIMAH for more than a decade, has taken part in the planning of previous DIMAH conferences and is looking forward to acting as treasurer for the organisation.
You can contact Jon at [email protected]