JADE SCOTT-BLAGROVE
Founder of Widening Participation Medics Network
Our work streams are what drive our projects here at WPMN! All of our projects and volunteers are allocated a work stream, to enable like-minded people to collaborate. Please read below to find out more about our different workstreams and their leads!
Advocacy
Academic and Research
Mentoring
Content
Doctors
Inside University
Social Media
Events
Special Interest Group
Management
OUR WORKSTREAMS
Advocacy
Our advocacy work stream involves advocating for change within the widening participation community. They are currently working on a number of exciting projects including work into University means-tested bursaries, mental wellbeing among widening participation students, and raising awareness of issues the community faces to MPs and politicians!
Vivien
Advocacy Lead
Pronouns: she/her
Core Surgical Trainee
Anjali
Advocacy Lead
Pronouns: she/her
Medical Student at the University of Warwick
Monisha
Pronouns: she/her
Medical Student at the University of Nottingham
Academic and Research
Our academic and research stream carries out research into widening participation areas, as well as writing journal letters and offering essay competitions for aspiring medics, medical students and junior doctors!
Ben
Research & Academia Lead
Pronouns: he/him
Clinical Research Fellow at Brighton
Bonita
Research & Academia Lead
Pronouns: she/her
Clinical Fellow at Essex
Krishna
Pronouns: he/him
Medical Student at the University of Plymouth
Lakhan
Pronouns: he/him
F1 at Plymouth
Gabriela
Pronouns: she/her
F1 in South London
Mentoring
Our mentoring stream aims to match doctor mentors with student mentees to provide tailored guidance to WPMN members that help facilitate their professional development that is specific to their career goals!
Irem
Mentoring Scheme Lead
Pronouns: she/her
Paediatrics Registrar in
London
Shree
Pronouns: she/her
F3 working as an Oncology Clinical Fellow
Dion
Pronouns: she/her
Academic Foundation
Doctor in Cardiff
Inside University
A collaborative project aiming to make medical school applications more accessible for all aspiring medics. The project will initially be trialled across 5 university campuses, with the aim to later implement it across the UK.
Tony
Pronouns: he/him
Anaesthetic Registrar
Content
Content looks after our blogs, podcasts and TikTok!
Beth
Content Lead
Pronouns: she/her
CT2 Internal Medicine at Liverpool
Esther
Pronouns: she/her
Medical Student at the University of Leeds
Nicolle
Pronouns: she/her
Medical Student at UCL
Lauren
Pronouns: she/her
F1 Doctor
Social Media
Social Media look after our social media engagement as well as our advertising!
Anna
Social Media Lead
Pronouns: she/her
Core Surgical Trainee at Brighton
Sofyan
Social Media Deputy
Pronouns: he/him
F2 Doctor
Lauren
Pronouns: she/her
F1 Doctor
Doctors
Our Doctors stream are currently in the process of setting up mentoring schemes with some of the royal colleges!
Shree
Doctors Lead
Pronouns: she/her
FY3 working as an Oncology Clinical Fellow
Kal
Pronouns: he/him
Shriddha
Pronouns: she/her
Ella
Pronouns: she/her
Colette
Pronouns: she/her
Events
Our Events team are responsible for planning a host of events! They are currently working on PLAB/IMG teaching, in-person events, plastic surgery webinar and our conference!
Maria
Events Lead
Pronouns: she/her
F2 Doctor in North West
Vikesh
Deputy Events Lead
Pronouns: he/him
F2 Doctor in East Midlands
Emma
Pronouns: she/her
Medical Student at the University of Glasgow
Rutwik
Pronouns: he/him
Medical Student at the University of Edinburgh
Louis
Pronouns: he/him
F1 Doctor in Harlow
Special Interest Group
The Special Interest Group works to create a supportive network for individuals who are international medical graduates, graduate medical students, carers, or those with disabilities
Pamela
Special Interests Groups Lead
Pronouns: she/her
F1 Doctor