Sarindi Aryasinghe
@sarindiary.bsky.social
Global health equity, reproductive justice, coproduction | PhD candidate researching community advocacy to tackle racism in maternity @imperialmed.bsky.social | Head of Implementation @nhs-rho.bsky.social | Cat whisperer | She/her
📍London, UK
📍London, UK
Grateful to have received @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President's Award for Societal Engagement for my PhD aiming to address racism in maternity care through community advocacy.
Thankful for my lived experience partners & supervision team @profhelenward.bsky.social @phoebeaverill.bsky.social ✨
Thankful for my lived experience partners & supervision team @profhelenward.bsky.social @phoebeaverill.bsky.social ✨
So proud of the work of my PhD student, @sarindiary.bsky.social for her inspiring work addressing racism in maternity care, alongside community partners like Phayza Fudlalla, pictured with Sarindi in this report, who works with @imperialperc.bsky.social.
www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/sari...
www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/sari...
Advocating against racism in maternity care
#CelebratingEngagement with Sarindi Aryasinghe
www.imperial.ac.uk
March 27, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Grateful to have received @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President's Award for Societal Engagement for my PhD aiming to address racism in maternity care through community advocacy.
Thankful for my lived experience partners & supervision team @profhelenward.bsky.social @phoebeaverill.bsky.social ✨
Thankful for my lived experience partners & supervision team @profhelenward.bsky.social @phoebeaverill.bsky.social ✨
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How do you spot real impact when numbers mask the places where you really need to make progress? Or when power, privilege, and bias shape the systems of measurement?
Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
How do you spot real impact when numbers mask the places where you really need to make progress? Or when power, privilege, and bias shape the systems of measurement?
Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
Sarindi Aryasinghe reflects on how we can do our bit to turn commitments to equity into real, tangible, everyday improvement work.
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“Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill”
Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social!
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social!
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill
The medical establishment hasn't always listened to patients; nurturing this vital skill can help to tackle health inequalities, says Rageshri Dhairyawan
Communication skills such as listening are of...
www.bmj.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill”
Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social!
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social!
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services
Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services
Health secretary announces national inquiry into failings in NHS care of mothers and babies
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UK politics live – latest updates
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has announced the launch of a national investigation into NHS maternity services.
More details soon … Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wes Streeting announces investigation into NHS maternity services
📣 New paper alert!
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
June 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣 New paper alert!
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
Introducing Break the Barriers
Co-producing better maternity care with and for Black, African, Caribbean, and mixed-Black families—grounded in lived experience, advocacy, and research.
open.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
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On this #WorldHealthDay the @who.int focuses on the health of mothers and babies. Our 2024 Public Involvement in Research Competition Winner, @sarindiary.bsky.social, followed a co-production approach to address ethnic inequities in maternity care for Black women in West London.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
On this #WorldHealthDay the @who.int focuses on the health of mothers and babies. Our 2024 Public Involvement in Research Competition Winner, @sarindiary.bsky.social, followed a co-production approach to address ethnic inequities in maternity care for Black women in West London.
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BRC Public Involvement in Research Competition winner 24 receives the trophy 🏆 at the Annual Event. @sarindiary.bsky.social’s exceptional work addresses inequality in maternal mortality among Black women.
@profhelenward.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024/12/10/w...
@profhelenward.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024/12/10/w...
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
BRC Public Involvement in Research Competition winner 24 receives the trophy 🏆 at the Annual Event. @sarindiary.bsky.social’s exceptional work addresses inequality in maternal mortality among Black women.
@profhelenward.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024/12/10/w...
@profhelenward.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social
imperialbrc.nihr.ac.uk/2024/12/10/w...
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The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.
Racial inequity stretches across the entirety of reproductive health.
To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.
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✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
January 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Fantastic editorial responding to my 1st PhD paper on importance of embedding community co-production to address ethnic inequities in #maternity care.
Communities have unique & important perspective of health services. Together we are greater than just the sum of our parts.
#medsky #academicsky
Communities have unique & important perspective of health services. Together we are greater than just the sum of our parts.
#medsky #academicsky
Co-production in maternal health services: creating culturally safe spaces, respecting difference and supporting collaborative solutions
Jennifer MacLellan, Carmen Byrne, @cjpope.bsky.social
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
Jennifer MacLellan, Carmen Byrne, @cjpope.bsky.social
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
Co-production in maternal health services: creating culturally safe spaces, respecting difference and supporting collaborative solutions
Structural and social barriers to healthcare contribute significantly to the poorer health outcomes observed among minoritised ethnic people around the world.1 2 Globally, women who are members of an ...
qualitysafety.bmj.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fantastic editorial responding to my 1st PhD paper on importance of embedding community co-production to address ethnic inequities in #maternity care.
Communities have unique & important perspective of health services. Together we are greater than just the sum of our parts.
#medsky #academicsky
Communities have unique & important perspective of health services. Together we are greater than just the sum of our parts.
#medsky #academicsky
Thanks to @imperialbrc.bsky.social for supporting my PhD work using #participatorymethods & #coproduction to tackle ethnic inequities in #maternity care.
My 1st study shows how we can work with communities to set #QI priorities👇🏾
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
#academicsky #medsky #PhDsky
My 1st study shows how we can work with communities to set #QI priorities👇🏾
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
#academicsky #medsky #PhDsky
December 4, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Thanks to @imperialbrc.bsky.social for supporting my PhD work using #participatorymethods & #coproduction to tackle ethnic inequities in #maternity care.
My 1st study shows how we can work with communities to set #QI priorities👇🏾
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
#academicsky #medsky #PhDsky
My 1st study shows how we can work with communities to set #QI priorities👇🏾
qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl...
#academicsky #medsky #PhDsky
Are maternity & #publichealth teams on the same page w/ communities when reducing ethnic inequities in maternity experiences?
My 1st PhD paper tries to answer this question in partnership with Black families in West London.
#academicsky #matexp #medsky #QIsky
doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017848
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My 1st PhD paper tries to answer this question in partnership with Black families in West London.
#academicsky #matexp #medsky #QIsky
doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017848
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Improving the maternity experience for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black families in an integrated care system: a multigroup community and interprofessional co-production prioritisation exerci...
Background Ethnic inequities in maternity care persist in England for Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage families, resulting in poorer care experiences and health outcomes than other m...
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Are maternity & #publichealth teams on the same page w/ communities when reducing ethnic inequities in maternity experiences?
My 1st PhD paper tries to answer this question in partnership with Black families in West London.
#academicsky #matexp #medsky #QIsky
doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017848
1/
My 1st PhD paper tries to answer this question in partnership with Black families in West London.
#academicsky #matexp #medsky #QIsky
doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017848
1/
I’m hoping to set up a blog to share progress & findings about my PhD research, and mine and my community partners experiences to encourage others to get involved in research.
Can anyone recommend any free blog sites that have good UX and are visually accessible? 🙏🏽
#scicomm #academicsky #PhDsky
Can anyone recommend any free blog sites that have good UX and are visually accessible? 🙏🏽
#scicomm #academicsky #PhDsky
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I’m hoping to set up a blog to share progress & findings about my PhD research, and mine and my community partners experiences to encourage others to get involved in research.
Can anyone recommend any free blog sites that have good UX and are visually accessible? 🙏🏽
#scicomm #academicsky #PhDsky
Can anyone recommend any free blog sites that have good UX and are visually accessible? 🙏🏽
#scicomm #academicsky #PhDsky
So well said 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽
Data curation and what gets measured is a calculated choice by those that have more power and agency societally, we still have a long way to go to make sure we are not leaving people behind as data federation, #bigdata and #AI convos continue to rapidly expand.
Data curation and what gets measured is a calculated choice by those that have more power and agency societally, we still have a long way to go to make sure we are not leaving people behind as data federation, #bigdata and #AI convos continue to rapidly expand.
Folks who uncritically say “there’s only benefits to joined up #HealthData” tend to be from groups who historically and currently have not had data misused about them, data withheld from them, or had their experiences ignored in data sets. Ownership, accountability, transparency are keywords here.
November 20, 2024 at 10:09 PM
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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
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📘 Launch event of new #WHO book on #HealthInequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance #HealthEquity
🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Launch of WHO book 'Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity'
Register hereOver the past decades there have been remarkable improvements to human health around the world. Yet, further progress remains hampered by persistent inequalities between and within popula...
www.who.int
November 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
📘 Launch event of new #WHO book on #HealthInequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance #HealthEquity
🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
Hello Bluesky! 👋🏽
I work and study at Imperial College London. My PhD research brings together NHS, local authorities, charities, and Black families to coproduce community-led advocacy solutions to address inequities in maternity care.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
#academicsky #QIsky #healthequity
I work and study at Imperial College London. My PhD research brings together NHS, local authorities, charities, and Black families to coproduce community-led advocacy solutions to address inequities in maternity care.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
#academicsky #QIsky #healthequity
November 18, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Hello Bluesky! 👋🏽
I work and study at Imperial College London. My PhD research brings together NHS, local authorities, charities, and Black families to coproduce community-led advocacy solutions to address inequities in maternity care.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
#academicsky #QIsky #healthequity
I work and study at Imperial College London. My PhD research brings together NHS, local authorities, charities, and Black families to coproduce community-led advocacy solutions to address inequities in maternity care.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
#academicsky #QIsky #healthequity
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A paper published last week proposed #InterestHolder as a new work to replace #Stakeholder in health research
Language matters - words evolve overtime to better represent, include and respect ALL communities.
🔗 available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Language matters - words evolve overtime to better represent, include and respect ALL communities.
🔗 available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
“Interest‐holders”: A new term to replace “stakeholders” in the context of health research and policy
Background
Given the colonial connotations of the term “stakeholder”, its continued use may be perceived as disrespectful to Indigenous Peoples. While several groups have introduced alternative term.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:56 PM
A paper published last week proposed #InterestHolder as a new work to replace #Stakeholder in health research
Language matters - words evolve overtime to better represent, include and respect ALL communities.
🔗 available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Language matters - words evolve overtime to better represent, include and respect ALL communities.
🔗 available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....