Help questions travel.

Marisa Miraldo is Professor of Health Economics and Founder of 364 Days. A longstanding advocate for gender equity and institutional change, she founded and chaired the Gender Equity Committee and subsequently the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Imperial Business School. She played an instrumental role in the School’s pioneering Athena Swan submission, contributing more than 50 recommendations to its gender-equality agenda and helping the School secure its first Athena Swan Bronze Award. Her contribution to advancing gender equality and inclusion was also recognised with a Julia Higgins Award. She is also a co-founder of the Women’s Health Network of Excellence at Imperial College London.

Marisa founded 364 Days because she believes that silence protects systems, while questions create the possibility of change. Too many people who experience bullying, harassment and discrimination feel they have no voice, or fear that speaking up will come at a personal cost. 364 Days is her way of helping those voices be heard—not by asking individuals to relive their experiences, but by asking what institutions should be prepared to answer. Through 364 Days, she hopes to turn questions into a collective force for transparency, accountability and lasting institutional change.

Laure de Preux is an Associate Professor in Health and Environmental Economics and co-chair of the EDI committee at her institution. Many unfair practices remain invisible for too long, because we all carry unconscious biases, and solutions to poorly defined problems rarely address the real issues. Too often, academia has offered quick fixes that made matters worse. She supports 364 Days because it does exactly what she believes in: asking institutions the questions they should be prepared to answer.

Having experienced workplace discrimination masked beneath academic prestige and hypocritical niceness—and having found her own way through it—she knows that speaking up for yourself is possible, if never easy. She also understands that circumstances differ, and that the stakes often rest in the hands of the privileged. The first step is the hardest, but once you take it, momentum carries you forward. More than a support group and not a tutorial, she believes 364 Days will be a place to hear the story, to be heard, and to find your own way out.

Lara is Professor of Finance and has spent much of her career working to make finance more accessible to women, including hosting an annual event that connects senior women leaders with students entering the industry. She is supporting 364 Days because she believes progress on gender equity should be demonstrated with evidence, not simply asserted.

Dr Carinna Hockham is a public health researcher whose work focuses on addressing historical imbalances in research. Through her research, education and policy work, she advocates for the meaningful consideration of sex and gender in the design, conduct and reporting of research, helping to ensure that evidence better reflects the populations it serves. She is also a co-founder of the Women’s Health Network of Excellence at Imperial College London.

Carinna believes that achieving gender equality requires attention both to the research workforce and to the research itself. Equitable workplaces are essential for enabling people of all genders to contribute, thrive and lead, but the effects of inequality extend beyond the workforce. They also shape who is represented in research, which questions are prioritised, and how evidence is generated and applied. Through 364 Days, she hopes to encourage organisations to ask the questions that drive accountability and action, helping to create more equitable workplaces, better research, and ultimately better outcomes for society.

Catia Nicodemo is a Professor of Health Economics at the University of Oxford and Brunel University London. Her research focuses on health and labour economics, with a particular interest in inequalities affecting women, including gender disparities in employment, pay, career progression and health. She is also Director of Health Economics Women in Oxford (HEW Oxford), an initiative that supports, connects and promotes women working in health economics. Through her research and leadership, she is committed to improving the visibility of women in academia and generating evidence to better understand and address gender inequalities.

Elena is Chair in Health Economics and Evaluation and her research focuses on improving healthcare and informing better decisions, including in maternity care, women’s mental health and gender based violence. She has also mentored women from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, supporting greater representation and inclusion in academia.

Elena supports 364 Days because she believes meaningful institutional change starts by asking difficult questions, challenging established practices and holding institutions accountable for creating fairer, more inclusive environments where everyone can thrive.

Rita Santos is a Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics at the University of York. Her research examines how the organisation and funding of public services shape access, quality and inequalities, including gender discrimination in doctors’ pay. Her work reflects a broader interest in how institutional structures influence opportunity, recognition and career progression. Through research, teaching and supervision, Rita values environments where people can ask difficult questions, develop confidence and have their contributions recognised fairly. She supports 364 Days because she believes that commitments to gender equity need to be reflected in everyday decisions, including how work is valued, opportunities are allocated and careers progress. She hopes the initiative will help make these decisions more transparent and create space for questions that people may find difficult to raise alone.