NDS Self-Assessment Team

The NDS Self-Assessment Team (SAT) is a multi-disciplinary team comprised of staff and students from all aspects of the department. The principal aim of the SAT has been to guide the department in its preparation and submission of an Athena SWAN Silver award application.The team coordinate the research, planning and outcomes that will enable us to make positive changes to the way we support staff, including women scientists, in the department. The SAT reports to the NDS Management Board, in which three members of the team sit on the Management Board.

Our members

Name	Position	SAT Responsibility	Background
Claire Edwards	Associate Professor	Athena SWAN Academic Lead.	Balancing full-time academic career with young family. Her husband, also a full-time academic, have two children at primary school.
James FitzGerald	Associate Professor	Representing senior academic clinical researchers. West Wing site representative.	Full-time academic since 2012. His wife is a PI within the University.
Alison Halliday	Professor	Representing senior academic clinical researchers.	Senior academic researcher, works flexible working patterns after partial retirement. On MSD AS Steering and University Equality & Diversity Committees.
Freddie Hamdy	Head of Department	Academic overview of policy implementation.	Department head and former Athena SWAN Champion. Married with three children.
Gemma Horbatowski	HR Administrative Officer	Personnel data analysis. HR policy implementation.	Has a flexible working pattern to accommodate her commute and caring responsibilities for her father.
Paul Johnson	Professor	Representing senior academic clinical researchers. OCDEM site representative.	Married with two children; has previously taken adoption leave. Previous Athena SWAN Champion.
Louise King	Communications and Public Engagement Officer	Communications of AS initiatives, visbility of women across internal and external media.	Appointed in 2015; has a central role in the development of the communications strategy and the coordination of the public engagement activities.
Emily Hotine	Athena SWAN Coordinator	Supporting the department’s submission to the Athena Swan Charter.	Appointed in 2019; has a central role analysing data to devise and deliver effective initiatives to improve gender equality within the department.
Regent Lee	Clinical Lecturer	Representing clinical lecturers.	Newly appointed clinical lecturer. Married and expecting second child. He hopes to utilise the shared parental leave package.
Aaron Leiblich	Academic Clinical Lecturer	Representing mid-stage academic clinical researchers.	Full-time Academic Clinical Lecturer works across NDS and NHS. In dual career partnership.
Lauren Morgan	Lecturer	Representing non-clinical early stage researchers and lecturers.	Newly appointed departmental lecturer. Recently returned from maternity leave and making use of flexible working to manage childcare.
Emma Morris	Senior Postdoctoral Researcher	Representing non-clinical early stage researchers and lecturers.	Postdoctoral researcher, married with three children. Completed a DPhil within the department in 2013.
Jane Niederer	Research Nurse	Representing research nurses. Churchill site representative.	Has two children and works full-time flexible hours to accommodate caring and graduate studies.
Rutger Ploeg	Professor	Representing senior academic clinical researchers. Transplant Centre site representative.	Professor and Honorary Consultant Surgeon. In dual career marriage, oversees welfare of staff and students.
Jo Snoeck	Departmental Administrator	Representing professional support staff. ORCRB site representative.	Works flexible hours to accommodate a full-time job with caring for three children.

Comments or suggestions? Contact the team at athenaswan@nds.ox.ac.uk