Event Details

Colleagues from the Faculty of Health and Medicine and the Health Partnerships Team will be discussing the power of knowledge exchange as they celebrate International Women's Day with an invited panel discussing their experiences getting to where they are in their careers.

Colleagues from the Faculty of Health and Medicine and the Health Partnerships Team will be discussing the power of knowledge exchange as they celebrate International Women's Dayon Monday 9 March, 12:30-1:30pm - with an invited panel discussing their experiences getting to where they are in their careers.

This year’s IWD theme is “Give to Gain”, and the panel - hosted by Dean of Health and Medicine Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone OBE - will feature colleagues from different professional backgrounds reflecting on overcoming their biggest career challenges, considering advice they wish they’d had earlier and discussing the importance of allies’ encouragement - and sharing their knowledge in a spirit of reciprocity and support.

‘When we give, we gain. Together, let's help forge gender equality through abundant giving.’

The panel will comprise:

Professor Jackie Parry, Professor in Microbiology and Head of Biomedical and Life Sciences

Dr Lisa Ashmore, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences

Professor Catherine Walshe, Professor of Palliative Care and Co-Director of International Observatory on End of Life Care

Jo Humphrey, Head of Faculty Operations, FHM

Laura Kornas – Head of Partnerships and Engagement for Health and Social Care at Lancaster University

This will be a hybrid event on Teams and in-person in Health Innovation One.