Research Culture Community
There is lots of great work going on in different groups in WMS and SLS. In the spirit of collaboration and supporting excellence in Research Culture, we have established a Community of Practice across Gibbet Hill and its associated sites. If you would like to get involved in the Research Culture Community, please do feel free to contact the current members:
Professor Andrew McAinsh
Pro Dean (Research), WMS
Professor Miriam Gifford
Head of the School of Life Sciences (SLS)
Professor Kirstie Haywood
Health Sciences
Co-lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Projects:
Enhancing WMS’s Research Culture & The Beacon Academy.
Adele Kenny
Research Culture Officer, WMS
Co-Lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Enhancing WMS’s Research Culture - implementing a community co-produced roadmap.
Catriona Conway
Principal Investigator - Ambassadors for Better Research Culture programme, BMS
Lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Researcher's Peer Support Initiative.
Claire Bastie
Associate Professor, WMS
Co-lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Improving research leadership skills across all career stages.
Francesca Meneghetti
Research Degrees Officer, WMS
Co-lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Improving research leadership skills across all career stages.
Diana Meza
Research Assistant, SLS
Lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Inclusive Mentoring to promote under-represented groups in STEM.
Dr Cerys Currie
Research Fellow, Biomedical Sciences
Research Culture Forum member
Lead on 2022/23 Research Culture Project
Sarah Bennett
Facility Manager, Warwick Bio Analytical Shared Resource Laboratories
Research Culture Forum member
Lead on 2023/24 Research Culture Project: Creating localised and institution wide forums for Research Technical Professionals (RTProfs).
Dr Elizabeth Fullam
Sir Henry Dale Fellow, School of Life Sciences
Lead on 2022/23 Research Culture Project
Sarah Abrahamson
Senior Project Manager, WMS
2023/24 ERC Projects at WMS/SLS
Kirstie Haywood & Adele Kenny - Enhancing WMS’s Research Culture: implementing a community co-produced roadmap.
Kirstie Haywood & Chloe Berg: The Beacon Academy – creating clinical academic excellence through celebrating and supporting widening access.
Claire Bastie & Francesca Meneghetti - To improve research leadership skills across all career stages.
Catriona Conway - Researcher's Peer Support Initiative.
Diana Meza - Inclusive Mentoring to promote under-represented groups in STEM.
Sarah Bennett - Creating localised and institution wide forums for Research Technical Professionals (RTProfs)
Find out more about the University’s Research Culture strategy and activities here.