Dr Roxanne Keynejad

Roxanne is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in the Centre for Global Mental Health and Section of Women’s Mental Health. Her research focuses on the mental health of women experiencing gender-based violence, including in low and middle-income countries. She leads the international violence, abuse and mental health network (iVAMHN), which brings together researchers, clinicians, and people with lived experience interested in these subjects. You can find recordings of her webinars on YouTube. You can follow her work on Twitter/X @RoxanneKeynejad and @i_VAMHN or find her on 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.