Ambassadors work with the Exec team to develop and deliver aspects of the Society's work. A list of institutions where Ambassadors are needed can be found at the end of this page.
Dr Jess Drinkwater and Dr Umar Chaudhry took on the sharing of the Ambassador lead role in March 2022.
Becoming an SAPC Ambassador provides opportunities both to add to your skills and your CV, and to make a difference within the Academic Primary Care community.
The role involves:
Actively raising the profile of SAPC in your department (or organisation)
- Being a liaison link between SAPC Exec, your department (or organisation), and any external contacts seeking SAPC contact through your department (or organisation) with support from Jess and Umar
- You giving us feedback on how we can develop the role
- Meeting other SAPC ambassadors and the SAPC exec liaison at meetings to be held either at the ASM or on Zoom (at least once a year)
We will provide the ambassadors with:
- An ‘open’ chair to come and observe the SAPC executive meetings.
- Resource packs to support you in raising awareness of SAPC and recruitment members (including posters and member packs)
- A list of SAPC Members can be found by logging into the site and clicking on each institution within the directory
- The title of SAPC Ambassador that you can list on your CV as an extended role in Academic Primary Care (with your name listed on the SAPC website on the Ambassadors’ page)
- Support from a SAPC Exec member
- Peer support with a network of SAPC Ambassadors, including meetings at SAPC events
.For more information, contact office@sapc.ac.uk
Ambassadors
Aberdeen - Linzi Lumsden
Belfast, Queen's University - Heather Barry
Birmingham - Brian Willis
Bristol - Deborah McCahon
Cardiff - Fiona Wood
Dublin - Akke Vellinga
Exeter - Emily Fletcher
Exeter - Sinead McDonagh
Glasgow - Barbara Nicholl
Hull - Liz Mitchell
Hyms - James Bennett
Imperial - Sonia Saxena
Keele - Faraz Mughal
Kent - Vanessa Short
King's College London - Patrick Redmond
Leicester - Chris Williams
Leicester - Sam Siedu
Leeds - Sarah Alderson
Leeds - Jack Mowat
Liverpool - David O'Hagan
Manchester - Hilary Young
Manchester - Jessica Drinkwater
Manchester - Rebecca Morris
Manchester - Rebecca Farrington
Manchester - Omodunni Atalabi
Oxford - Oliver van Hecke
Plymouth - Dawn Swancutt
QMUL - Ratna Sohanpal
RCSI - Emma Wallace
Sheffield - Rebecca Mawson
Singapore - Jose (Chema) Maria Valderas Martin
Southampton - Elizabeth Lovegrove
St Andrew's - Sarah Mills & Markus Chan
St George’s - Umar Chaudhry
UCC - Aisling Jennings
UCLAN - Nicola Copper-Moss
UCL - Danielle Nimmons
UEA - Ian Pope
Warwick - Zakia Shariff
Worcester - Sabrina Grant
Institutions with a vacancy for an ambassador
Anglia Ruskin
Bangor
Brighton
Cambridge
Brunel
Dundee
Durham
Edinburgh
Lincoln
Newcastle
Nottingham
Surrey
York
I am interested in improving health systems, especially primary care, through evidence based policy by understanding how health policy and health systems are shaped by those that use them and work within them. My research interests include;
- Patient and public involvement in service delivery. This is the focus of my PhD (see below)
- Participatory research methods
- Qualitative research (I co-chair the LIHS qualitative research group)
- The effect of gender on both health and workforce, particularly in general practice. I have been involved in research developing training for GPs about domestic abuse, and research investigating the effect of gender on medical training.
