Professor Faye Ruddock DL is Chair of Health Equity at the University of Greater Manchester and Founding Chair of the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN), a national Black-led organisation tackling health inequalities. She is a leading advocate for Black women’s health, with a focus on fibroids, reproductive equity, and maternal outcomes predominantly in the North West and nationally.

She co-chairs Greater Manchester’s Maternity and Neonatal Equity group and serves as NHS England’s North West Independent Chair for Anti-racism in Nursing and Midwifery. Her current fibroids research includes a national evidence-gathering initiative with nearly 500 responses from Black women.

Faye led the development of Public Health and nursing Masters programmes across local, regional, and national levels. Her research spans structural racism, co-production in maternity care, and emotional safety in healthcare. She holds a doctorate in health inequities and co-authored Decolonising Public Health through Praxis (2022), exploring systemic barriers to Black health in Britain. She has chaired national advisory groups including the Diabetes UK Health Inequalities Commission and NHS England’s Black CVD Advisory Group. Faye is a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester and District Chair for the Lieutenancy in Trafford.