About Us
We are the Student Inclusion Health Society, a group of students at UCL working with our Junior Doctor lead. Our aim is to empower students to engage in inclusion health initiatives through capacity building workshops and community-based partnerships. At the moment, we are launching a pilot curriculum, building partnerships and preparing to expand in September.
Please get in touch if you're interested in joining - we'd be delighted to hear from you.
Committee
Programme Lead - Jey Jeyapala
As the lead for the Student Inclusion Health Network I have been fortunate enough to work with an inspirational team of students setting up the UCL SIHS. We exist to bridge the gap between the world of undergraduate academia and the practical implementation of real-world health interventions. My role is to provide support, guidance and training for the UCLSIHS programme. This is informed though my clinical work as an Internal Medical Trainee in North West London and as a clinical fellow with the Enhance Generalist Skills Programme, in addition to my experience working with third sector organisations in the UK and abroad advocating for health justice.
President - Bizzy Perreau-Saussine
Hey:) My name is Bizzy and I’m President of SIHS. My role involves coordinating our team and ensuring the smooth running of our activities. So far I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the dynamic nature of our team and have loved the discussions between us. I’m involved with SIHS because our network gives us the opportunity to not only discuss and learn about the social and political determinants of health, but also take active steps to address them. This is something that I believe is otherwise missing in my medical education, and I think it is a really valuable part of the doctor that I hope to one day become.
Treasurer - Adithi Harikrishnan
Hi all! My name is Adithi and I am a 4th year medical student at UCL! My role involves managing the cost of our activities, and helping to fund any events and programmes we run. My love for what we do at SIHS stems from the idea that as students we learn a lot about inequalties and injustices in our studies. SIHS gives us an opportunity to not only improve our awareness but aim to positively contribute to these communities using local action. I also hope we can start to fill some educational gaps between the medical curriculum and teach you how you can put this knowledge into practice even as a student.
Secretary - Nadhira Samsudeen
Hi everyone! My name is Nadhira, I am a 4th year medical student at UCL and this year's secretary at Student Inclusion Health Society. My role involves coordinating outreach to our partner organisations and overseeing the administrative aspects of the team. It has been a real pleasure to be involved with setting up a programme focused on the importance of intersectional and inclusive healthcare, filling a major gap in the medical curriculum. I believe that good healthcare begins with an individual focus and an understanding of the barriers which may prevent patients from accessing quality care.
Welfare Officer - Noor Fatima
Hi!! My role as welfare officer of SIHS involves helping to make activities inclusive and signposting members to wellbeing services. I have enjoyed working as part of the team as I have learned a lot about inclusion health over the past few months. It is something I never realised was missing from the medical school curriculum despite it being integral to the role of a doctor. My interests lie in migrant and refugee health and initiatives we can run to make accessing healthcare smoother for this population.
Events Officer - Misha Patel
Hi, I'm Misha, a fourth-year medical student and the events officer for SIHS this year. I'm eager to organise and oversee some fantastic events aimed at enhancing students' understanding and engagement in inclusion health throughout the upcoming year. Being part of this network is truly exciting, as it provides an opportunity to broaden my expertise in inclusion health and engage in discussions on pertinent topics beyond the curriculum. I can't wait to collaborate with fellow students and contribute to fostering a more inclusive healthcare environment.
Partherships Officer - Asma Hamad
Hello! My name is Asma and I’m a first year medical student at UCL. As part of my role as Partnership Officer, I’ll be helping forge partnerships between organisations and fellow students to facilitate pathways for more people to get involved with projects and existing local inclusion health efforts on the ground. From these partnership schemes, I hope members can gain an insight into the inner workings of initiatives so that they can feel empowered to create their own ones in their future practice, while also being part of a current, actionable solution to the inclusion health issues we are taught about.
Social Media Officer - Jiya Undre
Hi everyone ! My name is Jiya and I’m a 2nd year medical student at UCL. I am SIHS’ social media officer, in charge of managing our social media relations and expanding the reach of our society through various platforms :) I have loved working with SIHS, learning of systems to improve health accessibility and also addressing the gaps in the medical school curriculum. I look forward to continuing work with SIHS, being able to positively address health issues within the local communities in London.
Futher Resources
Below we have included some papers which cover Inclusion Health, Generalism and their relationship to medical education. We hope to incorporate their ideas into our work. Feel free to have a browse:)
Benrimoh D, Warsi N, Hodgson E et al. An Advocacy and Leadership Curriculum to Train Socially Responsible Medical Learners [version 1]. MedEdPublish 2016, 5:62 (https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2016.000062)
Berwick DM. Era 3 for Medicine and Health Care. JAMA. 2016;315(13):1329–1330. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1509
https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/enhancing-generalist-skills/enhance-lea…