SanYuMay Tun

SanYuMay Tun

Steering Committee

Lead for Education for Sustainable Healthcare, University of Oxford Medical School


Dr SanYuMay Tun has an international presence in bringing Education for Sustainable Healthcare and Planetary Health into core health professions education. She has a background in medicine as a former family physician, in environmental science and policy, and in medical education. SanYuMay is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is a longstanding Advisor to the international student-led Planetary Health Report Card.

At the University of Oxford SanYuMay leads Education for Sustainable Healthcare, in the strategic role of providing leadership and inspiration to integrate ESH and Planetary Health across the medical school. She is a Fellow of Green Templeton College.

In the UK SanYuMay led the national working group that developed ‘Education for Sustainable Healthcare – A curriculum for the UK’ which has been endorsed and published by the UK medical education bodies and regulator. This curriculum has also informed Planetary Health and ESH curricula in other health professions, postgraduate training, and in countries around the world.