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A collection of some of the work I've had published over the years.

The Bias Diagnosis: An Audible Original Podcast

11/2/2021

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Student doctor Ivan Beckley talks about the systemic bias in healthcare that he's witnessed during his education.
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This is The Bias Diagnosis - an Audible Original Podcast. Statistics show that black and people of colour have worse health outcomes, and die more often than white people, across many fields of medicine and variety of illnesses. Ivan’s search for answers takes him to the roots of modern medicine. He busts myths, debunks stereotypes and calls out misinformation that have existed for centuries and remain sadly very much alive today.
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Decolonising Psychiatric Research

9/2/2021

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After an intriguing start, we welcome Professor Frank Keating, a Professor of Social Work and Mental Health in the Department of Social Work at Royal Holloway University of London, and Rianna Walcott, a LAHP-funded PhD candidate at Kings College London and co-editor of an anthology about BAME mental health, The Colour of Madness. We also welcome Jacob Diggle, Head of Strategy & Insight from the charity Mind to provide a response from their organisation to what is said.
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Fighting Back While Black - BPPA Keynote

12/1/2021

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Delivered on 25 Nov 2020 at the BPPA Annual Graduate Conference organised online by The University of Manchester in association with the Manchester Chapter of Minorities and Philosophy.
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Being Human Now: Part 1, for The Wellcome Collection

20/12/2020

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We asked a cross-section of our collaborators and community: What does it mean to be human, now? In these short films 11 contributors respond to the question, generously sharing their personal experiences of life and work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Supporting Ourselves in Changing Times: an in-conversation between Cheryl Martin and Rianna Walcott for The Wellcome Collection

20/12/2020

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Listen to a conversation between artist/writer Cheryl Martin and writer Rianna Walcott reflecting on their own experiences of mental health and care practices during and emerging from this global health crisis.
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Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation

15/10/2020

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Rianna Walcott responds to De'Anne Crooks' Great-ish: The Gaslighting of a Nation, exploring the collective gaslighting of the Black community in Britain.
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Banana-Leaf Poultices: Black British Attitudes to Healthcare and Medication

18/8/2020

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Mentally Yours - Metro Podcast

19/6/2020

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How the mental health system fails Black people - Wellcome Collection

28/1/2020

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After years of mental health struggles, Rianna Walcott decided to ask her GP for help. What happened next left her wondering whether racial bias is preventing Black women from accessing the support they need.
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Surviving Society Podcast - Goldsmiths University

26/11/2019

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This week were joined by the Rianna who is the co-founder of Project Myopia; co-editor of the Colour of Madness and PhD researcher at Kings College London. We discuss whiteness within the academy, decolonising H.E and mental health and illness for Black and Brown people in the UK.
We are particularly passionate during this episode so expect some strong language!
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