Global Empathy in Healthcare Network shortlisted for Times Higher Education Awards 2025
The Global Empathy in Healthcare Network has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
The network has been shortlisted for the International Collaboration of the Year title in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2025 which recognise excellence and innovation across the UK higher education sector.
The Global Empathy in Healthcare Network (GEHN), founded at the University of Leicester, is reshaping medical care by placing empathy at its heart.
This pioneering international collaboration spans the UK, Australia, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, India and Japan, uniting academic institutions, healthcare professionals, researchers, and patient advocates across six continents in a shared mission to humanise healthcare delivery.
Professor Jeremy Howick, director of the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare at the University of Leicester, and co-founder, with Catherine Eyres, of GEHN, said:
“In just three years, the network has had a remarkable impact – establishing empathy centres in India, Japan, Nigeria and Mexico; publishing the world’s first global framework for empathy in healthcare; and launching the inaugural Empathy in Healthcare Day to drive global awareness.
“By integrating culturally sensitive, empathy-driven approaches into medical education and clinical practice, it is bridging the gap between technological advancement and human connection.
“With over a third of UK healthcare practitioners trained internationally, its global perspective is fostering compassionate, inclusive care for increasingly diverse communities worldwide.”
This month, GEHN will also unite empathic healthcare experts from around the world at its 2025 symposium.
The University of Leicester has also been shortlisted in two other categories at the awards. A student-staff initiative – MedRACE (Raising Awareness, Celebrating Excellence) has been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Its Tobacco, Health and History (THH) Project led by Dr Sarah Inskip has also been shortlisted for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Professor Jeremy Howick