ESB Diversity-Inclusion Committee

The aim of the Diversity-Inclusion and Membership (DIM) committee is to proactively support the ESB DIM strategy, working in partnership with the ESB council and making recommendations on Diversity and Inclusion issues. The committee was initially established in Autumn 2021, when the former Membership Committee expanded its scope and was renamed the Diversity, Inclusion and Membership Committee. It became a fully active committee with multiple members in 2023. Activities related to diversity within the society began earlier through the Women in Biomechanics initiative. The first Women in Biomechanics session was organised at the ESB Congress in Porto in 2022, launching the committee’s activities.

DIM’s Mission 1. To contribute to the development and implementation of a diversity, inclusion and membership action plan, providing a safe space, undertaking projects and work relating to diversity and inclusion. 2. To manage the mentoring program, or other relevant initiatives. 3. To review, communicate and embed Diversity and Inclusion action plans in all activities within the Society and to review and adapt activities as appropriate. 4. To contribute to the analysis of statistical and qualitative data

Committee Membership: The committee comprises of a maximum of 10 members. Members are appointed for up to four-year terms and are actively involved in the multiple activities within the committee.

Contact: Dr. Esther Reina-Romo, Chair of the Diversity-Inclusion and Membership Committee

Email:  membership.chair@esbiomech.org

More information about Esther Reina-Romo

More information about the DIM committee, including biographies of the members

Stefaan Verbruggen
Responsibility: Mentoring tool
Email: s.verbruggen@qmul.ac.uk

Rahmatullah Safdar
Responsibility: conference events
Email: rusafdar@shockers.wichita.edu

Marta Peña Fernández
Responsibility: Mentoring tool
Email: m.pena_fernandez@hw.ac.uk

Zimi Sawacha
Responsibility:
Email: sawacha@dei.unipd.it

Raphael Surbeck
Responsibility: raphael.surbeck@hest.ethz.ch
Email: Social media

Diana Massai
Responsibility: Mentoring tool
Email: diana.massai@polito.it