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Contributors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2026

Louise Stone
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Rosalind H. Searle
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
Elizabeth Waldron
Affiliation:
Australian National University
Christine Phillips
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Kirsty Douglas
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra

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Contributors

  • Sanjiv Ahluwalia Professor of Primary Care and Medical Education and Head of Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine, United Kingdom.

  • Maria Akani Psychiatrist in private practice, Renaisense, Lusaka, Zambia.

  • Sajaratulnisah Binti Othman Professor of Family Medicine at Universiti Malaya, with expertise in interpersonal violence and trauma-informed care. Co-chair of the WONCA Family Violence Special Interest Group, spearheading global efforts to integrate violence prevention and response into primary health care.

  • Marie Bismark Public health physician, psychiatrist and health lawyer, with expertise in patient safety, health care complaints, and medical malpractice, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.

  • Melissa Blaker Pediatrician, Lt Col US Air Force, United States of America, co-founder Voices Unheard Podcast/Voices In Medicine and founding member, Physician Just Equity.

  • Michael Botha Health lawyer, doctor and researcher, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Erica Bowen Professor of Forensic Psychology at the School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, consultant for the Scottish government and the government of England and Wales on evidence-based interventions and evaluation science with expertise in domestic violence, workplace stress and burnout.

  • Dabota Yvonne Buowari Anaesthetist, emergency physician and academic, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, past Co-Chair of the Research and Statistics Committee of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, member of the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria and member of the Research Collaboration Network of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors that conducted the ‘Challenges of Residency Training and Early Career Doctors in Nigeria Study’.

  • Elba Campos-Lira Department of Physiology, Facultad de Medicina, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Research Associate Center for Neuroinflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, Georgia State University, USA.

  • Josephine Canceri Medical graduate, educator, research assistant and Dean’s Medal recipient, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Australia, with expertise in the experience of international medical graduates.

  • Valerie Chua General Practitioner and medical educator, Iona Medical Centre, Queensland, Australia.

  • Deborah Cole Past CEO, Dental Health Services Victoria (now Oral Health Victoria) and Calvary Healthcare, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Inaugural Chair of the Australian Centre for Value-Based Health Care and non-executive director for AusHealth, Frontier Advisors and Western Health.

  • Becky Cox General Practitioner in Inclusion and Homeless Health, Specialist GP in Gynaecology, and co-founder Surviving in Scrubs, United Kingdom with expertise in gender-based violence in the health care sector.

  • Pia Djermester Physician anaesthetist, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and researcher focusing on sexualized harassment of doctors in the workplace.

  • May Erlinger Doctor in training, Canberra Health Services, Australia and research associate Australian National University Research School of Management and Canberra Health Services.

  • Clarissa Fabre Family physician, past president of the UK Medical Women’s Federation, past president of the Medical Women’s International Association and past member of the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners’ Committee.

  • Rebecca Fisher General surgery registrar, Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust, PhD candidate in Medical Education, University of Manchester, and Research Fellow, King’s College London, United Kingdom, with a research focus on the experiences of women in surgery.

  • Simon Fleming Hand and wrist orthopaedic surgeon, Queensland Health, Australia, founding member for the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance and Medical Education PhD. Barts & The London, United Kingdom and University of Queensland, Australia, with expertise in improving the culture of health care through education, mentoring and advocacy.

  • Leslie Flynn Retired psychiatrist and past Vice Dean Education, Associate Dean Postgraduate Medical Education, Director of Continuing Medical Education, Postgraduate Program Director, the Director of Psychotherapy and Interim Head in the Department of Psychiatry Queen’s University, Canada and leads the Royal College initiatives for physician health

  • Ian Freckelton AO KC King’s Counsel and barrister, former judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru, elected fellow of the Australian Academies of Health and Medical Sciences, Law, and Social Sciences, Professor of Law and Professorial Fellow of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University with expertise in health law and disciplinary matters involving health practitioners.

  • Diana Guízar-Sánchez Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, National Autonomous University of Mexico and ‘Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz’ National Institute of Psychiatry, coordinator Educational Research of the Subdivision of Medical Specializations and Career Professor of the Department of Physiology and Member of the National System of Researchers of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (the National Council of Science and Technology).

  • Chali Mbewe Hambayi Lawyer, specialised in the prosecution of sexual and gender-based violence and cases of violence against children. She heads the Gender-Based Crimes Department at the National Prosecution Authority of Zambia and is responsible for ensuring that victim-centred and child-friendly prosecutions are conducted in the courts of law. She led the development of the National Prosecution Authority’s first ever Anti Sexual Harassment Policy and has conducted trainings in this field. She is a national and international trainer in child protection as well as sexual gender-based violence for Zambia, and the Southern African Region.

  • Amber Hastings-Truelove Research Development Coordinator, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stephen J.R. Smith Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Adjunct Associate Professor with the Master of Health Professions Education Program, Queen’s University Ontario, Canada and has expertise in physician wellness institutionally and nationally.

  • Christine Heisler Urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgeon, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA, dual appointments in obstetrics & gynecology and urology, former division director and fellowship program director, with expertise in gender equity in surgery and gender equity policy.

  • Margarethe Hochleitner Cardiologist, retired Professor, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria and past director of the Women’s Health Centre of the Innsbruck Medical University Hospital, past director of the Gender Medicine & Diversity Unit of the Medical University of Innsbruck and past head of the Coordination Centre for Equality, Affirmative Action for Women and Gender Research.

  • Hina Jawaid Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan, General Practitioner, National Health Service (NHS), United Kingdom and Regional Lead WONCA working party: Women & Family Medicine South Asian Region

  • Chelcie Jewitt Dual resident doctor in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, NHS, United Kingdom, co-founder Surviving in Scrubs and Sexism in Medicine project with expertise in workplace equality, structural misogyny and the power of testimony to enact change.

  • Jane Kabwe Head of Anaesthesia and Critical Care and chairperson for research, National Heart Hospital, Chongwe, Zambia, past academic lead for the MMed Anaesthesia, University of Zambia and co-founder of a research mentorship organisation for medical students and young doctors.

  • Sharon Kapambwe Global public health leader in cervical cancer screening and prevention initiatives in Zambia, Technical Officer, Cancer for World Health Organization, Africa Region, past Assistant Director in the Ministry of Health in Zambia and past Director of Women’s Cancers at Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia.

  • Lisa Kelm Medical graduate and public health consultant, Department for Postgraduate Medical Education, Austrian Ministry of Health with a research focus on the mistreatment of medical students throughout medical school.

  • Humaira Khattak General Practitioner and Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, PRIME Institute of Medical Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan and special interest in women’s health. Currently working with underprivileged women in rural Pakistan.

  • Kaori Kono Senior surgical resident, Tokai University Hospital, Kanagawa with a research focus on gender inequality in Japanese academic medicine.

  • Yoo Young (Dominique) Lee Consultant radiation oncologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Icon Cancer Centre and a senior lecturer at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Dr Lee is passionately involved in research and initiatives aimed at improving the wellbeing of clinicians.

  • Victoria Lister Master of Business and Master of Philosophy, consultant, researcher, peer mentor and workplace coach in health care and academia with a focus on junior doctors’ silence about their working conditions, including their experiences of bullying, harassment, discrimination and sexual harassment, Griffith University, Australia.

  • Mwansa Ketty Lubeya Obstetrician and gynecologist, Women and Newborn Hospital, lecturer and researcher, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, PhD candidate, public health, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, Principal Investigator on local, international and multinational studies on women’s reproductive health and co-founder of a research mentorship not-for-profit organization (Young Emerging Scientists) in Zambia for medical students and early career medical doctors.

  • Paul McGurgan Obstetrician and gynecologist, Associate Dean for Student Matters in UWA Medical School, chair of the Health Faculty’s Professional Behaviour Advisory Panel, theme lead for professionalism, coordinator of the medical school’s mentoring programmes, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion representative and clinical member on the WA Notifications Committee for the Medical Board of Australia.

  • Esperanza Martinez Medical doctor and general surgeon, specialising in public health, with expertise in global health, humanitarian action in armed conflict settings, and complex crisis management. Professor and Head of Health and Human Security, Australian National University.

  • Ricardo Martínez-Tapia Medical doctor and Professor in the Department of Physiology, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico, with expertise in traumatic brain injury, complexity science and human behaviour.

  • Pringl Miller Board-certified general surgeon and hospice and palliative medicine specialist with fellowship training in clinical medical ethics. She has a deep understanding of the inequitable dynamics at play within the medical profession. Motivated by the passion to support her peers, she founded Physician Just Equity (PJE), a 501(c)(3) advocacy organization aimed at providing vital peer support to physicians facing workplace injustices.

  • Kotoko Mizuno Medical student at Shimane University, Shimane, Japan.

  • Fiona Moir General Practitioner, academic and wellbeing lead in the University of Auckland Medical Programme, New Zealand, Director of Connect Communications NZ, an education business specialising in communication and wellbeing and co-creator and lead of HOTSPOTS, an initiative tackling bullying, harassment and discrimination in the clinical workplace.

  • Grace Mwila Master in Education and Business Administration, Trainer in gender and gender-based violence, and life and business skills in global girls’ education and social protection programmes across the world, board member of Young Emerging Scientists (YES) Zambia, past Vice Secretary for Graduate Women Zambia and leader in Social Protection programmes focusing on girls and women’s empowerment.

  • Yasuhisa Nakano Medical resident, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa with past experience in pharmacy and engineering.

  • Sabine Oertelt-Prigione Physician, researcher, and organizational consultant, chair of sex- and gender-sensitive medicine at Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands) and Bielefeld University (Germany), advisor to the European Commission, national funding agencies and non-governmental institutions on the implementation of gender-sensitive and anti-discriminatory policies, and editor of ‘Sex and gender aspects in Clinical Medicine’.

  • Parisa Pakdel Sociologist, Sociology Department, Beheshti University, Iran, researcher specializing in women’s issues, particularly sexual harassment in the workplace, women’s coping strategies and the factors influencing power dynamics within Iranian families.

  • Rose Petrohilos General Practitioner registrar, North Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia, and advocate and representative for medical students and junior doctors.

  • Alison Reid Doctor with qualifications in Medical Administration, Public Health Medicine and Global Health Diplomacy, past Hospital Chief Executive of the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong and Medical Director of the New South Wales Medical Board. Senior Professional Member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, past Executive Director of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) with extensive experience in assessing and managing practitioners’ fitness to practise in relation to their professional conduct, performance and personal health.

  • Adrienne Ringin Lawyer and PhD candidate at La Trobe University, Australia, with a research focus in international criminal law, specifically sexual and gender-based crimes, and experience in human rights advocacy in Arusha, Tanzania, the Indigenous lands in central Australia and the United Nations Human Rights Council.

  • Rachel Roberts General Practitioner and Primary Care Dean (2020–2025), London, NHS England, with experience developing workforce race equality strategy for primary care London and developing quality and capacity for education in primary care.

  • Raúl Sampieri-Cabrera Professor, Department of Physiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, member National System of Researchers of the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies and Dr Aniceto Orantes Suárez Special Chair, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Faculty of Medicine.

  • Tim Senior General Practitioner, Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, Campbelltown, Australia, Medical Advisor for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and founder of special interest groups on poverty and environmental impacts in general practice.

  • Christine Shamala Selvaraj Family medicine specialist, lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Advocate for health care workers as an Executive Committee member of the Malaysian Family Medicine Specialists’ Association.

  • Betty Yeoh Siew Peng Counsellor and social science graduate, trade union advocate, co-founder of the All Women’s Action Society and Gender Consultant with Engender Consultancy, and member of Malaysia’s Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal. Trainer on gender-based violence and leadership (locally and globally).

  • Heidi Siller Psychologist and Assistant Professor, Department for Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, researcher in discrimination, harassment, gender-based violence and intersectionality in academia, previously Gender Medicine & Diversity Unit, Medical University of Innsbruck.

  • Michael S. Sinha Doctor and lawyer, Assistant Professor, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, advocate for gender equity in medicine, co-author gender equity policy at the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society, current member of the Saint Louis University Gender Equity Committee, former member of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Women Physicians Section Governing Council, former member of the Harvard Medical School Joint Committee on the Status of Women.

  • Elizabeth Stephens Pediatric and congenital cardiac surgeon and cardiothoracic surgeon, Mayo Clinic, USA, researcher in bioengineering, medical educator and first female President, Thoracic Surgery Residency Association.

  • Joanne Stubley Consultant Medical Psychotherapist at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, United Kingdom, lead clinician, Tavistock Trauma Service, fellow Royal College of Psychiatrists, member British Psychoanalytic Society and Co-Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Expert Reference Group on non-recent child sexual abuse.

  • I Nyoman Sutarsa Public health physician and health services researcher, School of Medicine and Psychology, The Australian National University, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), past and current consultancies with the World Health Organization, and Ministry of Health of Indonesia, AusAID/Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia, the Department of Health and Aged Care Australia.

  • Elizabeth Teisberg Professor, Dell Medical School and McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin. Co-author with Michael E. Porter, of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results.

  • Sarah Temkin Gynecologic oncologist, National Institutes of Health, USA, with expertise in the surgical and medical management of gynecologic cancers and several awards for excellence in patient care. Researcher in gynecological cancer and a focus on equity in the surgical and gynecologic workforce.

  • Kate Walsh Clinical psychologist and Professor in the Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies Departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher with the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the Department of Justice. Academic focus on the assessment, prevention and management of sexual violence with a focus on identifying malleable environmental and institutional characteristics associated with sexual violence and developing, implementing, and evaluating tailored prevention programs.

  • Takashi Watari Associate Professor, Integrated Clinical Education Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Adjunct Professor, General Medicine Center, Shimane University Hospital, and expertise in health care quality and safety, medical education and gender bias in the Japanese medical system.

  • Tehzeeb Zulfiqar General Practitioner, Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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