Login [+] Improving health through research Home About Fellows Policy Careers Publications More You are here: Home About Governance Equality and diversity Equality and diversity The Academy of Medical Sciences is committed to encouraging diversity and equality of opportunity in the organisation, practices and work of the Academy. This applies to every sphere of Academy activity. We will strive to ensure that no individual or group is treated more or less favourably than others on grounds of ethnicity, age, disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion or belief. In 2012 the Academy’s Council asked Professor Ros Smyth FMedSci to establish a task force to examine the representation of women in the Academy’s Fellowship. The report of the task force was originally designed to inform the internal working processes of the Academy. However, we believe that an integral aspect of improving diversity is through sharing examples of success, and importantly, openly acknowledging where there is still crucial work to be done. As such, the Academy has published the report on the data of our Fellowship in the hope that it will contribute to wider debate around what can be done to improve diversity and the representation of women in the biomedical workforce. On the basis of the recommendations of the task force, in November 2012 the Academy established a new proactive nominations committee to support the Academy’s Fellowship elections and to encourage nomination of candidates from all underrepresented areas. The Fellowship Committee is chaired by the Academy’s Registrar, Professor Moira Whyte FMedSci, and includes the following Fellows: • Sir Cyril Chantler FMedSci • Dr Richard Horton FMedSci • Professor Ron Laskey FRS FMedSci • Professor Ros Smyth FMedSci • Professor Caroline Savage FMedSci The Committee will ensure that the pool of candidates proposed for election to the Academy is drawn from the breadth of medical science, and is as diverse as possible with regard to gender, ethnicity, age and geography. In August 2013, the Academy submitted evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry ‘Women in STEM careers’. The Academy is represented on the Athena Forum and is considering various further ways in which we might contribute to increasing diversity in the biomedical sciences. For further information contact rachel.macdonald@acmedsci.ac.uk. Most viewed Recently updated Ordinary Fellows Read more Publications Read more Other resources Read more View more Reproducibility and reliability of biomedical research Read more Team science Read more NHS England's draft Research and Development Strategy Read more View more Our objectives Nurturing the next generation View now Awards and prizes Fellowship news View now Contact us The Academy of Medical Sciences 41 Portland Place London W1B 1QH Tel: 020 3176 2150 E-mail: info@acmedsci.ac.uk Latest tweets from @acmedsci Keep in touch Select which update you would like to receive Academy newsletter Mentoring and Careers bulletin Publication and Press announcements 41 Portland Place newsletter Venue hire Room hire at the Academy's headquarters 41 Portland Place Quick links Home Press Office Policy Academy President Staff directory News Publications Careers Election to the Fellowship Governance About Fellows Mentoring Funding schemes History Events Job vacancies Academy of Medical Sciences' FORUM Fellows directory Follow us /acmedsci /acmedsci /acmedsci /acmedsci /company/acmedsci © The Academy of Medical Sciences 2013 | Cookie Policy | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Accessibility Site by alt