Sanchika Campbell

Biography

Sanchika is a PhD student at the Centre for Society & Mental Health, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Her PhD is focused on religion, religious coping and mental health among Black ethnic groups in South-East London. She plans to use an interdisciplinary approach and mixed-methods to address the project’s aims. Details on the project can be found here: https://heronnetwork.com/sanchika-campbell-phd-project.

Sanchika previously worked as a Research Assistant with the Integrating Mental and Physical health: Research, Training & Services (IMPARTS) programme, and led on initiating and coordinating the patient and public engagement side of the programme. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Assistant for the third phase of the South East London Community Health (SELCoH) study, whilst simultaneously completing her Masters. She has been a member of the Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) since 2013, and is passionate about empowering marginalised communities. Before her research roles, she acquired over 4 years of work experience in psychiatric (acute and forensic) units, after completing her BSc in Psychology at UCL. This clinical and research experience, alongside her personal and contextual experience of living and working in South East London has since inspired her focus on addressing health and social inequalities.

Education and Training

• 2020 PhD student (ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health), King’s College London.
• 2015 MSc Mental Health Services and Population Research (distinction), King’s College London.
• 2008 BSc (Honours) Psychology (2:1), University College London.

Research Interests

• Ethnic minority mental and social health inequalities, with a focus on religion and mental health (PhD studentship).
• Participatory Action Research approaches within marginalised communities.
• Integrated healthcare approaches.

Expertise and Public Engagement 

• Contributor to a training package for Community Researchers, as part of the work by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health and HERON network.
• Member of the Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) group at KCL; involved in widening participation and co-production initiatives such as Research methods In School Education (RISE), Spoken Word In the Community Hubs (SWITCH), and HERON’s public engagement activities.
• Former member of the Research methods In School Education (RISE) working-group to develop/deliver a versatile educational course focused on research methods and community health in local schools (as part of 2 Widening Participation grants): https://doi.org/10.18546/RFA.03.1.05
• Former lead for initiating, setting-up and coordinating the Integrated Care Consultation Partners Group (ICCPG) – a group involving patients and carers with long-term conditions to guide IMPARTS developments. Organized ICCPG engagement and activities, with an ethos to empower and bring patients’ perspectives to the heart of IMPARTS.
• Former mentor for local students engaged in the IoPPN Biomedical Research Centre Youth Awards Mentoring Programme (KCL).

Publications

• Stuart, R., Campbell, S., Osumili, B., Robinson, E.J., Frost-Gaskin, M., Pacitti, R., McCrone, P. and Henderson, C., 2020. Do welfare benefit reassessments of people with mental health conditions lead to worse mental health? A prospective cohort study.International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 66(2), pp.136-149.

• Campbell, S., Gazard, B., Woodhead, C., Harber-Aschan, L., Beards, S., Harber-Aschan, J., Gazzard, M., Yaman, E., Murugesu, A. and Hatch, S.L., 2019. Involving young people through co-production and widening participation approaches: Reflections from school-based engagement. Research for All, 3(1), pp.42-58. (https://doi.org/10.18546/RFA.03.1.05)

• Hayee, B.H., Watson, K.L., Campbell, S., Simpson, A., Farrell, E., Hutchings, P., Macedo, P., Perrin, F., Whelan, K. and Elston, C., 2019. A high prevalence of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in adults with cystic fibrosis is detected using tools already validated in other GI disorders.United European Gastroenterology Journal, 7(7), pp.881-888.

• Yeung, E., Campbell, C., Fan, K. (2017). Hand Held Psychiatry for Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD). British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 55(10):e188-e189.