2022 Visiting Professor Equality Diversity and Inclusion Series

Lisa M. Meeks, Ph.D., M.A.

Dr. Meeks is an expert in disabilities in medical education. As an administrative leader and researcher, she is helping to inform policy and best practice in the area of disability inclusion for medical education, training and practice. Her research interests include: Improving access to medical education for learners with disabilities, medical student and resident well-being, reducing health care disparities in patients with disabilities, and the performance and trajectory of learners and physicians with disabilities. Her work has been published in the NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, and Academic Medicine and featured on NPR(link is external), in the Washington Post(link is external), CNBC(link is external), Bloomberg Law(link is external), and AAMC News(link is external).

Full biography here.

Day 1: 12th April 2022

11am – 1pm: Lecture to Occupational Therapy Students

Achieving your Health Sciences degree whilst living with experience of disability

DAY 2 – 13th April 2022

1pm – 2pm: Public Lunchtime Lecture

Health Sciences Courses - Inclusive or Elusive?

Venue: Robert Smith Lecture Theatre, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital.
Please register on Eventbrite to attend this event in-person: Register here.

Please note this venue is wheelchair accessible.
Should attendees have special requirements please contact Lena Doherty: ldohert@tcd.ie

Please register to attend via ZOOM

This event takes place on the St James's Hospital Campus, so attendees are asked to wear a mask upon entering the venue and for the duration of the lecture in order to reduce the risk of onward transmission of Covid-19. Thank you.

Social Media:

We will be using the hashtag #TrinityEDI for our event series. Please share and contribute throughout the series.

DAY 2 – 13th April 2022

6pm – 7.30pm: Evening Public Lecture & Discussion
Accessibility and Inclusion of Disabled Students in Health Sciences.

Venue: Tercentenary Hall, TBSI, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Venue details.
Please register on Eventbrite to attend this event in-person: Register here.

Please note this venue is wheelchair accessible.
Should attendees have special requirements please contact Lena Doherty: ldohert@tcd.ie

We would like to encourage our guests to attend in person, where possible. We will have tea, coffee and light refreshments available from 5.30pm in order to offer an opportunity for people to re-connect after a very long pandemic. (please remember to register via Eventbrite so we can manage numbers).

While Coivd-19 restrictions have been lifted, we encourage all attendees to wear masks upon entering the building and while in the lecture hall to help prevent the onward spread of Covid-19. Thank you.

Should you be unavailable to attend in person, please register here to participate via Zoom.

Speakers:

Professor Lorraine Leeson, Associate Vice Provost for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Trinity College
Dr Lisa Meeks, University of Michigan, Visiting Professor & Keynote Speaker
Gerard Gallagher, Deputy Director of Disability Service, Trinity College
Dr Rachel Hoare, Project Director & Health Science Student Partner for Trinity Inclusive Curriculum Project.
Chair: Dr Clodagh Nolan, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity College

Social Media:

We will be using the hashtag #TrinityEDI for our event series. Please share and contribute throughout the series.

DAY 3 – 14th April 2022

11am - 1 pm: Practical Workshop with Practice Educators

Dr. Lisa Meeks shares her experience of supporting disabled students in practice.