Early Career Black Researchers in Health & Well-Being Seminar - Dr Tanisha Spratt
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Venue:
Online
This Seminar Series seeks to bring together Black early career researchers who are committed to addressing issues affecting the health and well-being of Black communities. It aims to create a supportive space where researchers can exchange ideas, build collaborations and access advice and mentorship to support their future career pathways, while engaging in work that is meaningful and relevant to Black community life.
Join Dr Tanisha Spratt, Senior Lecturer in Racism and Health in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London as she reflects on her academic journey, what drew her to the health field, and the challenges and opportunities facing Black researchers working in this space.
This project is funded by Wellcome Trust Institutional Funding for Research Culture grant to Birkbeck College, 228089/Z/23/Z.
Contact name: Sabrina Bowen
Speakers-
Dr Tanisha Spratt
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Dr Tanisha Spratt is a Senior Lecturer in Racism and Health in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London. Building on her sociology background and working across literary and cultural studies, Tanisha’s research centres on racial health inequalities in the UK and the US.
Specifically, her research focuses on the role of neoliberalism in promoting and sustaining understandings of personal responsibility, deservedness and grievability when it comes to illness, death and dying. Tanisha is particularly interested in how racism-induced stress can lead to poor health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, and how expectations of resilience can further impact those health outcomes. She is currently leading a Wellcome-funded project exploring the uses of Black joy in promoting Black British health.
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