Dr Roxanne Keynejad is a Clinical Academic Psychiatrist who researches the social determinants of women’s mental health in global context, with a focus on gender-based violence. She has research and educational collaborations with colleagues in Ethiopia, Somaliland and the European region, and is interested in decolonial global mental health research and complex interventions. You can find recordings of her webinars on YouTube. You can find her on Bluesky or LinkedIn.

Research interests

• Social determinants of mental health
• Women’s mental health
• Perinatal mental health
• Global mental health
• Gender-based violence
• Implementation science

Teaching

• Psychology
• Global Mental Health
• Women’s Health
• Medicine

Expertise and public engagement

Roxanne is an NHS psychiatrist working in South East London as well as a mental health researcher. She is interested in addressing social determinants of mental ill-health and making care more trauma-informed. Roxanne is committed to democratising medical education and integrating decolonial approaches into global health research, through online partnerships and collaborations with early career peers, worldwide.