EDI leads at BSMS
Academic Lead for Athena Swan – Dr Elaney Youssef
Elaney is an Assistant Professor in Medical Education and the Academic Lead for the Athena Swan gender equality charter.
Race Equality Lead – TBA in summer 2025
Senior Equality and Diversity Project Officer – Suze Cruttwell
Suze is the Senior EDI Project Officer for Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She coordinates the Athena Swan gender equality charter and manages EDI projects across the school.
EDI Coordinator – Daisy Boston
As EDI Coordinator, Daisy supports the EDI team with a range of initiatives including developing digital and creative content for EDI communication channels, supporting the day to day delivery of the Athena Swan project and leads on the LGBTQ+ Action Plan.
Equality, Diversity and Staff Development Committee (EDSD) Chairs – Dr Elaney Youssef, Assistant Professor in Medical Education and Leigh Ward, Curriculum and Assessment Manager for Postgraduate Taught
Undergraduate EDI Lead – Dr Muna Al-Jawad
Muna is an Associate Professor in Medical Education. She is the lead for curriculum development on the Undergraduate Course and lead for the Inclusive Practice partners (IPP) scheme, a collaborative student-staff partnership focused on co-developing an inclusive curriculum. Students work in partnership with faculty to review and amend teaching content and pedagogy with the aim of decolonising and diversifying the curriculum. Muna can advise on inclusivity queries related to student undergraduate teaching.
Postgraduate EDI Lead – Dr Wajeeha Aziz
Wajeeha is an Associate Professor in Medical Education and the Inclusivity Lead for the postgraduate taught curriculum and can advise on inclusivity queries related to student postgraduate teaching.
Student and Staff Inclusivity Advisor – Dr Arianne Shahvisi
Arianne is an Associate Professor in Ethics, her research and teaching focuses on inequality, with a specific focus on gender, sexuality, race and class. She has delivered training on these issues to various charities, corporations and NHS groups. She is happy to advise on any issue relating to inequality and marginalisation in the staff or student context.
Useful links
Please visit the BSMS staff SharePoint page links to internal documents and initiatives here >