The Medicine & Health Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee (MHEDIC) provides strategic direction and leadership aligned with our faculty’s Health 25 Strategy and UNSW’s 2025 Strategy.
MHEDIC includes academic and professional staff and students from across the faculty. MHEDIC supports networks on gender equity, cultural diversity, LGBTIQA+ inclusion, flexible working, supporting staff and students with all abilities, access and equity, Indigenous staff and students.
We work directly with students and staff to develop a culture that embraces equity and respect through accessing relevant policies, and developing strategic initiatives, training and events. We seek to ensure that the principles of integrity, equity, diversity and inclusion are effectively embedded at every level of faculty.
The terms of reference for MHEDIC include overseeing the implementation of UNSW Medicine & Health Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy across the faculty’s schools, centres and institutes. This will ensure the faculty’s EDI Plan and the governance of MHEDIC supports UNSW’s 2025 Strategy and aligns with the objectives of the UNSW EDI Board.
Our aims are to identify actions and initiatives to help achieve the faculty’s EDI targets, including an ongoing evaluation of our progress, providing a forum for discussion of EDI issues within the faculty and contributing to the communication and reinforcement of shared values around EDI which supports our culture of inclusiveness within the faculty.
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opens in a new windowChair of MHEDICProfessor
School of Population Healthxiaoqi.feng@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowEquity & Diversity ManagerMedicine Faculty Admin
m.colbert@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowGender Equity Co LeadResearch Fellow
The Kirby Institutecahlenstiel@kirby.unsw.edu.au
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School of Clinical Medicineh.azer@unsw.edu.au
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Medicine Research Supportanne.barnes@unsw.edu.au
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opens in a new windowGender Equity Co LeadHead of Teaching, Physiology
School of Biomedical Sciencesj.cederholm@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowCultural & Linguistic Diversity Co LeadDiscipline Manager, Psychiatry
School of Clinical Medicinea.kiaos@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowCultural & Linguistic Diversity Co LeadAssociate Professor
School of Health Sciencesmichael.lee8@unsw.edu.au
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School of Biomedical Sciencesn.marden@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowLGBTIQA+ Co LeadResearch Development Manager
Medicine Research Supports.mcallery@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowStudent Access and Equity Co LeadStudent Experience Officer
Education & Student Experienceg.mckay@unsw.edu.au
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School of Health Sciencespaulo.silvapelicioni@unsw.edu.au
opens in a new windowIndigenous Student Co LeadEducation Support Office
The Office of Medical Educationf.zahra@unsw.edu.au
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The Kirby Institutecphetsouphanh@kirby.unsw.edu.au
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School of Anatomyd.sturnieks@unsw.edu.au
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National Drug & Alcohol Researchdanielle.tran@unsw.edu.au
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MHEDIC Student Reps
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- Anne Barnes
- Daina Sturnieks
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- Sharnte Cannon
- Rachael Cvejic
- Sonia Isaacs
- Rosie Lipscomb
- Nicola Kapo
- Lamia Nureen
- Ari Patison
- Husna Razee
- Janelle Weise
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- Heba Azer
- Anna Kiaos
- Michael Lee
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If you are interested in joining the network, please email edimedicine@unsw.edu.au
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- Chantelle Ahlenstiel
- Jennie Cederholm
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- Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan
- Jennie Cederholm
- Verity Chadwick
- Marianne Colbert
- Steffen Docken
- Nida ul Fatima
- Bill Giannakopoulos
- Tracey Good
- Gurpreet Hansra
- Celine Heu
- Sradha Kotwal
- Jane Kohlhoff
- Jess Macer-Wright
- Angelica Merlot
- Milou van Oostrum
- Lisa Sharwood
- Silas Taylor
- Julie Thoms
- Ajay Vijay
- Ruth Wells
- Lauren Wang
- Shafagh Waters
- Jisoo Yoon
- Hannah Yuan
- Ye Zhang
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- Christina Byun
- Nicole Marden
- Duong (Danielle) Tran
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This is a newly formed Network in 2023. If you are interested in joining the network, please email edimedicine@unsw.edu.au
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- Chansavath Phetsouphanh
- Sam McAllery
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- Sasha Bailey
- Ian Burton
- Sue Britton
- Patrick Hawker
- Sujith Kumar
- Bridget Haire
- Jerrica Kuan
- Aziz Lawandos
- Deshan Sebaratnam
- Kalli Spencer
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- Genevieve McKay
- Paulo Silva Pelicioni
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This is a newly formed Network in 2023. If you are interested in joining the network, please email edimedicine@unsw.edu.au
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EDI Information
If you are interested in learning more about equity, diversity and inclusion – and contributing to developing a safer and more inclusive community,
UNSW has some great training opportunity available to staff and students. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact: edimedicine@unsw.edu.au
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Learn more about EDI events here
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- Disability Confident Training: Disability Inclusive Communications gives participants the skills and knowledge to confidently communicate with people with disability, while Disability Confident Managers training assists managers to confidently manage people with disabilities within their teams and facilitate an inclusive and enabling workplace.
- Disability Inclusion Action Plan
- Disability Resources
- LGBTIQ & Ally Training: After completing the LGBQIT+ and Ally training, active allies become trusted, safe, confidential contacts who continue to learn, recommend areas for improvement at UNSW, call out discrimination when it's safe to do so, and encourage LGBTIQ+ voices.
- SBS Inclusion Program
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- UNSW Division of Equity Diversity & Inclusion
- UNSW Diversity Champions
- First Responders at UNSW – Kensington Campus
- Reporting complaints, sexual harassment, assault and misconduct
- UNSW Workplace Diversity
- UNSW breastfeeding room locations
- LGBTIQ support for staff and students
- LGBTIQ ALLY contacts at UNSW
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- UNSW Anti-racism policy
- UNSW Breastfeeding Guidelines
- UNSW Career Advancement Fund Procedure for Female Academics During or Returning from Maternity/Adoption Leave
- UNSW Domestic Violence Support Policy
- UNSW Domestic Violence Support Procedure
- UNSW Equity Diversity and Inclusion Policy
- UNSW Flexible Work Guidelines
- UNSW Modern Slavery Prevention Policy
- UNSW Representation on UNSW Committees and Decision making bodies procedure
- UNSW Reasonable Adjustment Guidelines for Managers of Staff with Disabilities
- UNSW Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Policy
- UNSW Staff complaint procedure
- Support for staff for reporting instances of bullying, harassment or discrimination
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