Carol Woodhams is Professor of Human Resource Management at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey. Carol's research focuses on workplace equity and pay gaps, particularly within the NHS. She led the research team on the Department of Health and Social Care's (2020) Independent Review into Gender Pay Gaps in Medicine in England. Current projects include leading the NHS Race and Health Observatory's first-ever independent review into the NHS Ethnicity Pay and Progression Gaps, and the NIHR-funded I-CARE study investigating ethnic disparities in NHS staff retention, in partnership with the University of Leicester and University College London.
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