Friday 16 April, 15:00 – 16:30 BST
The Society is creating a Diversity and Inclusion Roadmap for Change and is inviting members and non-members to help us shape this at an event on 16 April, with diversity advocate and physiologist, Dr Oz Ismail.
Oz is a research scientist and co-founder of the Minorities in STEM network, which helps support and showcase ethnic minorities in science. He is also passionate about raising LGBTQ+ voices both within science and within ethnic minority groups. Oz will share his perspective, and talk about his advocacy work and why it is important for organisations such as ours to ensure we commit resource to being an open and inclusive society.
Along with Oz, our President, Professor David Paterson and Chair of our Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, Professor Raheela Khan, will be discussing The Society’s vision for Diversity and Inclusion and our roadmap for change. We are at the early stage of a long-term piece of work to ensure we reflect the communities we serve and are inclusive of all cultures, experiences, and identities as this will strengthen The Society and the discipline. We recognise that evidence, date and member experience must be the driving force behind what we do in this space and therefore over the course of 2021 we will be seeking input from members through consultations and focus group.
To start the conversation, we would like to invite you to participate in the breakout sessions that will follow Oz’s talk. This will be an opportunity for you to share your thoughts on diversity and inclusion within the physiology community. Your participation will help to inform The Society of the challenges and barriers to inclusion and how The Society can help address them.
Speakers:
Dr Oz Ismail – Research scientist and co-founder of the Minorities in STEM network
Professor David Paterson – President, The Physiological Society
Professor Raheela Khan – Chair of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, The Physiological Society
We look forward to welcoming both members and non-members to this event.
Registration closes at 23:59 BST on Thursday 15 April 2021.
Please note that this event will not be recorded and so will not be available for viewing later.