Key Summary
- The fellowship will enable Elsy Gomez Campos to focus on addressing racism in pharmacy to support workforce sustainability and wellbeing
- She will explore pharmacy practices in Australia and the USA, and hopes to bring back valuable insights
- Churchill Fellows are funded to discover new ideas and best practices overseas in any practical issue they care about
Locum pharmacist and former president of the PDA BAME Network Elsy Gomez Campos is one of 118 new Churchill Fellows announced by the Churchill Fellowship.
The charity chooses fellows for their commitment to inspire change and build a better society through global learning, and they are drawn from different backgrounds, experiences, professions, and passions.
Elsy said, “I am honoured and thrilled to have been awarded the Churchill Fellowship in order to pursue research in an area of personal and professional interest: addressing racism in pharmacy to support workforce sustainability and wellbeing."
She will be exploring pharmacy practices in Australia and the USA, and hopes to bring back valuable insights that can help tackle this critical issue in the UK.
"My hope is that the findings from my research will inspire pharmacy organisations to adopt inclusive practices and regulatory approaches that genuinely support and protect the entire pharmacy workforce, irrespective of racial identity,” she said.
Churchill Fellowship chief executive Julia Weston said, “As we celebrate 60 years of the Churchill Fellowship, we are proud to play a part in empowering these passionate individuals to become catalysts for meaningful change.”
Churchill Fellows are funded to discover new ideas and best practices overseas in any practical issue they care passionately about, anywhere in the world.
They meet leading practitioners, engage with cutting-edge projects and create a report on their findings.
The charity then helps them to share their insights with communities and sectors across the UK and turn their ideas into action.
