Unequal Treatment? Transforming socio-economic diversity in access to medical degrees

Katherine Wolf is a Professor of Medical Education Research, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Also holding a Visiting Professorship at King’s College London, and an honorary position in Psychology at UCL. Katherine’s background is in psychology and education, with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Goldsmith’s College and a PhD in Medical Education and Psychology from UCL.

Yasmin Baker is a 5th year Medical Student with a First Class Honours in iBSc Management, and a Sutton Trust alumni.

An award-winning student, Yasmin is the co-founder of More the Medics, has achieved the St Mary’s Hospital Association Outstanding Service Award; Imperial College Union (ICU) Fellowship, Outstanding Service Award and Colours Awards.

Within four years at University, Yasmin held a total of 35 committee roles in various societies, including President three times. Yasmin is the President of Imperial Management Society and Imperial College School of Medicine Students’ Union Deputy President, previously Academic Chair & Officer for Early Years, showing her passion, dedication and motivation for academia and educational change with medical education.

Paul is a medical sociologist and methodologist interested in interdisciplinary approaches to understanding medical practices, population health and social inequities. He has BSc in Sociology and an MA in Social Research Methods. He received his doctorate in 2013 for his (ESRC-funded) research into the social patterning of physical activity in urban environments. During this time, he also worked at the Scottish Government study national health inequities.

As a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Newcastle, Paul conducted qualitative research into men with urethral stricture, surgical trial recruitment, arthritic care in care homes, and informal care of people with rheumatoid arthritis. In 2015, he worked at the University of Bristol conducting qualitative research within randomised controlled surgical trials. He was also a Research Fellow at the University of the West of England and an honorary fellow at University Hospitals Bristol.

Paul joined Hull York medical school in 2019 as the academic lead for the Health and Society theme of the MB BS.

Paul is long-term supporter of the Medical Sociology Group of the British Sociological Association, where he was a committee member 2013 and 2018.

Imogen is deputy co-chair of the BMA Medical Students Committee, and believes wholeheartedly that medicine should be available to anyone regardless of background. She is a final year graduate entry medical student, and previously worked at Public Health England, in the Antimicrobial Resistance and Mechanisms section. She is particularly interested in health inequalities, and in addition to her BMA work on the Widening Participation Portfolio, she has undertaken internships in health inequalities at the University of Southampton.

Ohemaa Asare is deputy co- chair of the BMA Medical Students’ Committee and is passionate about health inequalities particularly amongst minority ethnic groups and making medical education accessible to anyone who wishes to pursue it. She is a 4th year medical student at King’s College London and is president of their BMA society. Ohemaa is committed to narrowing the attainment gap experienced by disadvantaged students.

Acting Director of Research and Policy.
Since Rebecca joined the Trust in 2017, she has authored reports on a variety of topics including internships, university access, highly able student from disadvantaged backgrounds, access to the professions and how parents use financial and cultural resources to boost their children’s education.

Rebecca previously completed a PhD at the University of Manchester, and was a Fellow at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.