UCL Inclusion Awards 2024: Well done Brain Sciences!

The UCL Inclusion Awards recognise the work or contributions that individuals or teams make to progressing equality, diversity, or inclusion practice within UCL. We’re delighted that several staff and students in the Faculty of Brain Sciences have been nominated and shortlisted for these awards.

Congratulations to the outstanding staff and students shortlisted in each category. Your remarkable efforts in advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion contribute to a better UCL. On behalf of the Faculty EDI Team, we are immensely proud of all you do. Below are the shortlisted nominees for each category.

Provost’s award for embedding equality, diversity & inclusion (staff only)

• Jess Jiang, Institute of Neurology

Sarah Guise Award for Catalyst for Change

• Alan Thompson, Faculty Office
• The Staff-Student Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SSEDI) at the Anna Freud Centre, led by Vanessa Puetz & Lili Ly, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• Psychiatry/REED Group Black History Month Outreach Project team: Jane Hahn, Rachel Royston, Lauren Harding-Brown, Bori Vegh, Nafiso Ahmed, Division of Psychiatry
• Rawleka Wilson, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• Sharvari Patil,  Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Sir Stephen Wall Award: Inspiring Role Model

• Comfort Ogbonnaya & Elena Zeniou, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Championing Disability Inclusion at UCL

• Calum Medlock and Varsha Ravikumar, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• Georgia Pavlopoulou, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Award for EDI Excellence

• The National Autism Trainer Programme team: Georgia Pavlopoulou , Claire Evans, Hanna MacDonald, Arshia Choudhrie, Dominique Gardner, Ruth Moyse, Venessa Bobb Swaby, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• The Staff-Student Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SSEDI) at the Anna Freud Centre, led by Vanessa Putz & Lili Ly, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
• Kenneth Harris and Matteo Carandini lab, and in particular, Rebecca (Bex) Terry, Karolina Socha, Enny van Beest, Institute of Neurology

Also, congratulations to all those who were nominated from Brain Sciences, listed below:

• Benjamin O’Callaghan
• Helene Plun Favreau
• Karolina Socha & Bex Terry
• Katerina Fotopoulou
• Natalie Marchant
• Professor Fred Dick
• Professor Tim Levine
• Sam Gilbert
• Anna Cox
• Diana Sefic-Svara
• Heather Ormsby
• Helen Baker
• Karolina Socha
• Professor Leslie M Gutman
• The DClinPsy Staff EDI Team: Dr Chelsea Gardener, Dr Leanna Ong, Dr Elizabeth Hogg, Dr Shah Alam, Dr Hestia Moningka
• Dorottya Hetenyi
• George Joseph
• Adam Parker & Louise Neil
• Bex Terry, Karolina Socha, Enny van Beest
• Kenneth Harris & Matteo Carandini lab, and in particular, Bex Terry, Karolina Socha, Enny van Beest
• Professor Gabriella Vigliocco & Mr Rik Ganly-Thomas
• Dr Bhavana Solanky

Each of these remarkable nominees has embraced innovation and dedication to drive positive changes at UCL. Their contributions have been rightfully acknowledged by colleagues across the Faculty and wider UCL.

The award winners will be announced at an in person ceremony on July 16 2024. Good luck to all of these impressive shortlisted nominees from the Faculty of Brain Sciences!