Athena Swan within the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Championing and supporting a culture of participation and inclusivity

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.
Lecturer in Global and Remote Healthcare and co-founder of the Global Health Collaborative. Lucy co-founded Future Health Africa, a UK-based charity which strives for sustainable improvement in the health and wellbeing of people in low-middle-income countries (LMICs), she also supported Sir David Attenborough as he filmed the hit shows Planet Earth, One Planet and Seven Worlds, One Planet
An advocate for global health education throughout all undergraduate and postgraduate training - meet Lucy.
Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology in the School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology Society policy committee member, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Athena Swan Self Assessment Team member, Venus Awards finalist for inspirational woman in STEM 2019.
Finding ways to combat the growing problem of worldwide antibiotic resistance – Meet Tina