What's New in Inclusivity? (May 2025)

Daniel Greenaway
Jun 11
2 min read

The fifth monthly instalment of the "What's New in Inclusivity" blog series will provide an outline of the schedule for the Anatome Day of Diversity, look at what is occurring in Anatome, and provide opportunities for reading surrounding the topic of inclusivity.

Sign-Up Opportunities

The Anatome Newsletter

We are launching the quarterly Anatome newsletter! Our first instalment will be coming out in April 2025, where you'll be able to stay updated with what Anatome is doing. Don't miss out and sign up here: https://forms.gle/a6oGKieWAFTEhEqH9

Anatome's Day of Diversity 2025

The Anatome Day of Diversity is our launch event which will be sharing the culmination of two years of work in the form of our textbook, image bank, and more. Look forward to talks from inspirational speakers and informative workshops.

Workshops

From Global Skills to Local Impact: Empowering International Doctors in the UK: Dr Amina Hussain and Dr Omobude Eliojie

Building Trust with Patients Despite a Linguistic Barrier: Oneeba Bhatti

Is Ethnicity a True Source of Variation in Pharmacokinetics? Olusola Olafuyi

As well as these workshops, there are multiple keynote speakers (see last month's edition of the blog), oral and poster presentations, and other talks.

Reading List:

Critically appraising the Cass Report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims

The Cass Report aims to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. This review found that the Cass Report had methodological flaws and misrepresentation of evidence, leading to scrutiny surrounding the lack of ethical and effective support for gender-diverse youth.

Noone, C., Southgate, A., Ashman, A., Quinn, E., Comer, D., Shrewsbury, D., Ashley, F., Hartland, J., Paschedag, J., Gilmore, J., Kennedy, N., Woolley, T., Heath, R., Goulding, R., Simpson, V., Kiely, E., Coll, S., White, M., Grijseels, D., Ouafik, M., McLamore, Q (2025) 'Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims', BMC Medical Research Methodology

JKP Writing Prize

The JKP writing prize is an opportunity for disabled writers to have their work considered by a panel of published authors and professional editors. The theme this year is "Everyday Disability and Chronic Illness: Stories of Joy, Resistance, and Anti-Ableism".

Anatome Updates:

Anatome Publication

Anatome CEO Aisia Lea has had her dissertation published in the European Journal of Anatomy, which underpins the funadmentals of Anatome's work.

Lea, A., Noel-Barker, N., Mbaki, Y., Merrick, D (2025) 'Exploring student perception of ethnic inclusivity in the Anatomical Curriculum', European Journal of Anatomy

Anatome Registration

Anatome is now registered as a CIC (Community Interest Company), which means that there will be plentiful more opportunities that will arise for Anatome.