HLS Athena Swan Team

Our team is made up of enthusiastic champions representing academics and professional services staff across all career levels and areas of the faculty. We are enthusiastic and motivated and meet regularly – normally once a month - to assess feedback, review progress and propose and implement actions that will benefit both men and women.

We communicate informally through outreach to our colleagues, the faculty newsletter, mailing lists, as well as running faculty Athena Swan surveys and focus groups. Our Chair reports directly to our faculty senior management team to ensure progress is made to reach the goals set by our Athena Swan team.

The team meets regularly to challenge and introduce initiatives to improve the appointment and selection process, promotions, career development, early careers support, workplace flexibility and working culture.

Professor Astrid Schloerscheidt

Professor Astrid Schloerscheidt

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

Jill Childs

Jill Childs

Programme Lead - Social Work, Principal Lecturer.

Professor Susan Brooks

Professor Susan Brooks

Director of Researcher Development, Professor in Cell Biology, and Chair of the Faculty Athena Swan team.

  • Joined as Senior Lecturer in 1995
  • Appointed as the University’s Research Training Coordinator, 0.5FTE, in 2006
  • Promoted to Reader in 2010
  • Promoted to Professor in 2017
  • Partner is a medical researcher in London-both have elderly parents.

Dr Verena Kriechbaumer

Dr Verena Kriechbaumer

Senior Research Fellow.

  • Joined on a BBSRC grant in 2012 following a PhD in Munich
  • Promoted to Senior Research Fellow in 2017.

Alfred Veldhuis

Alfred Veldhuis

Lecturer in Public Health.

Jane Butcher

Jane Butcher

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Adviser for Staff.

  • Joined in 2015, works FT. Public and third sector equality projects and women in STEMM initiatives.
  • FT and PT and remote working and career break experience
  • Ongoing distance eldercare
  • Jane is our Consultant from the in the Directorate of Human Resources.

Craig Churchley

Craig Churchley

Programme Administrator.

Gillian Jones

Gillian Jones

Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation.

Donald Ridley

Donald Ridley

Associate Dean Strategy and Development.

Georgia Cook

Dr Georgia Cook

Post Doctoral Research Assistant.

Alison Blair

Alison Blair

Head of Operations.

Amber Ridgway

Amber Ridgway

PhD Research Student - Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Programme - BBSRC Funded. Athena Swan Intern.

Professor Anne Laure Humbert

Professor Anne Laure Humbert

Director - Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice.

Dr Dan Butcher

Dr Dan Butcher

Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing.

Kate Davis

Kate Davis

Head of Faculty Marketing and Communications.

Dr Lisa Ayers

Dr Lisa Ayers

Senior Lecturer in Clinical Immunology

Dr Marion Waite

Dr Marion Waite

Principal Lecturer in Nursing.

Mrs Maxine Fletcher

Mrs Maxine Fletcher

Head of Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development.

Dr Pariyrath S Thondre

Dr Pariyrath S Thondre

Senior Lecturer in Nutrition

Dr Sole Adesola

Dr Sole Adesola

Senior Lecturer in Business and Management.

Wakefield Morys-Carter

Wakefield Morys-Carter

Senior Psychology Demonstrator.