Diversity in Research: Collective Conversations

Sharon Dixon is a GP and DPhil student. She has previously undertaken PPI and research dissemination in collaboration with communities affected by FGM. With Tanvi, she has undertaken research on site selection for RCTs and on how a lack of diversity within research can result in a lack of representation within clinical guidance. 

Richard McManus, Professor of Primary Care, has been leading trials in hypertension for about 20 years but until recently has been less than successful in recruiting diverse populations to take part. Working with colleague such as Tanvi Rai, Lisa Hinton and Catherine Pope has helped to improve this, and he will share how they have challenged some of his preconceptions as to how to undertake clinical research resulting in better generalisability and personal education. 

Catherine Pope, Professor in Medical Sociology has recently worked with Tanvi Rai, Lisa Hinton and Richard McManus on a paper exploring complicity and how we think about race and ethnicity in research. This writing process challenged how she thinks about ‘whiteness’ and how we do research, and she will reflect on this and anti-racist practice in this panel. 

Tanvi Rai a senior researcher at the department of Primary Care Health Sciences with an interest in health inequalities. She is keen to develop new ways of thinking and research practices that are non-exclusionary and robust enough to incorporate and explore the many ways in which social, political and material factors influence health, health-seeking behaviour and participation in research.