A selection of interviews and case studies with researchers produced to coincide with International Women’s Day 2024.

Women in HPC

Since N8 CIR became a chapter of the Women in HPC organisation they have been working to find new ways of promoting equality and diversity within the RSE community.

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Women in the Spotlight: Kylie Norman

Kylie Norman is Co-ordinator of the Data Scientist Development Programme at the University of Leeds. The programme offers early career data scientists the opportunity to hone their expertise working on real-world data and topical research questions, whilst giving academics and Leeds Institute for Data Analytics’ partners the chance to harness new talent in finding novel ways to solve data problems.

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Women in the Spotlight: Vee Mapunde

Vee Mapunde is Programme Director at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Surgical MedTech Co-operative. This is one of eleven NIHR funded Medtech and In vitro diagnostics Co-operatives (MICs), acting as a centre of expertise that focuses on clinical areas of high morbidity and unmet need for NHS patients.

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Women in the Spotlight: Amy Russell

Dr Amy Russell is an Associate Professor of Health Inequalities at the University of Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, in the Faculty of Medicine & Health.

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Women in the Spotlight: Lucy Ziegler

Lucy Ziegler is a Professor of Palliative Care at the University of Leeds’ Institute of Health Sciences. Her research into palliative care for children and young adults is helping to develop a new model of palliative care delivery to help address inequalities.

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Women in the Spotlight: Sarah Waters

Sarah Waters is a Professor of French Studies at the University of Leeds. She discusses the unconventional nature of the combination of her role and her research expertise in work-related suicide, for which she campaigns to have recognised as an official cause of work-related death in the UK.

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Women in the Spotlight: Kate Black

As part of our N8 Research Culture campaign, we spoke to Kate Black, Professor of Manufacturing Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Liverpool, and CEO of Atomik AM, about innovation within the sector, diversity in STEM, and her advice for women in the sector.

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Women in the Spotlight: Kate Black (video)

As part of our N8 Research Culture campaign, we spoke to Kate Black, Professor of Manufacturing Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Liverpool, and CEO of Atomik AM, about innovation within the sector, diversity in STEM, and her advice for women in the sector.

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Women in the Spotlight: Jane Wood

Jane Wood is a Lecturer in Fashion and Textile Technology in the Department of Materials, School of Natural Science, University of Manchester. She discusses how intrinsic innovation is to the textile and fashion sector, and her work in developing ‘next-gen’ fabrics from non-traditional sources.

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Women in the Spotlight: Aline Miller

Aline Miller is a Principal Investigator, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, and Associate Dean for Business Engagement and Innovation at the University of Manchester.

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Women in the Spotlight: Radha Boya

Radha Boya is a Professor of Nanoscience at the University of Manchester, and a Royal Society University Research fellow in the department of Physics, National Graphene Institute.

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Women in the Spotlight: Julie Gottlieb

Julie Gottlieb is a Professor of Modern History in the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. She talks to us about her upcoming projects and her work into addressing gender inequality in the workplace.

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