A network of medical students, doctors and educators committed to better teaching on LGBTQ+ health care
ABOUT US
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Medical Education Alliance (LIMA) is a network of medical students, doctors and service users campaigning for better LGBTQ+ teaching for medical students and doctors to improve healthcare professionals' Medical Curriculum and queer patients' experiences. We were founded in 2022 by a group of medical students from across the UK who are passionate about improving LGBTQ+ healthcare teaching in the undergraduate medical curriculum so that medical students are as equipped as possible to treat LGBTQ+ people.
OUR ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
We want to be as transparent as possible about how we work - this is the current structure of LIMA:
Executive committee: a core group working together to drive LIMA
Student Group: group of medical students supported by LIMA from across the country who are all doing their own hard work to improve LGBTQ+ medical teaching as well as LGBTQ+ medical students’ university experiences
Advisory Board: Service User advocates, LGBTQ+ activists, Clinicians, Allied HCP’s, Medical Education Professionals
WHO ARE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE?
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The executive committee is:
Dr Alexander Flach - Junior Doctor (F2)
Dr Poppy Welsh - Junior Doctor (F2)
Dr William Ballard - Junior Doctor (F2)
Alice Barber - Medical Student University of Leeds
Seb Bewley de Castro - Medical Student University of Leeds
Neha Zehra - Medical Student Anglia Ruskin University
Rory Smith - Medical Student Swansea University
Rachel Casey - Medical Student Cardiff University
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
We have an Advisory Board of over 40 members, here are some that have agreed to share their involvement publicly:
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Dr Luke Simonds (He/Him) – Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Kevin McConville (He/Him) – University of Dundee
Dr Dan Bailey (He/Him) - King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Amelia Cripps (They/Them) – Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Ash Bainbridge (They/Them) – University of Worcester
Ibtisam Ahmed (He/Him) - LGBT Foundation
Eléna H. Starsong (They/Them) – Student Nurse at the University of Sheffield
Marina Politis (She/Her) – Medical Student at the University of Glasgow
Ella Guerin (She/Her) – University of Nottingham
Kirsten Holmes (She/They) - Medical Student at the University of Glasgow
Sarah Knowels (She/Her) - University of York / Nexter Digital
Lauren Young (She/Her) - Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Luke Flower (He/Him)
Dr Joseph Hartland (They/Them)
Dr Daniel Trotman (He/Him)
Oliver Mercer (He/Him)
Devon Ward (They/Them)
Andrew Whitehead (He/Him)
Rachel Casey (She/Her)
Robbie Naylor (He/Him)
Anne M. Bonnici Mallia (She/They)
Dr Christopher Morrison