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Driving health equity

Queen Mary researchers are driving fairer, more inclusive healthcare through closing gender and research gaps, redefining mpox care, and empowering Black communities to address health inequalities.

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Research for health equity

From closing gender and research gaps, to redefining mpox care worldwide, to empowering Black communities to tackle health inequalities, Queen Mary researchers are leading the way in creating fairer and more inclusive healthcare research. 

Improving clinical trials

Learn how to embed inclusivity at all stages of your research to make healthcare more equitable for all.
Improving clinical trials

Leading the global response to mpox

In the 2022 mpox outbreak, Queen Mary researchers led the largest global study of confirmed infections, shaping the global response to the outbreak.
Leading the global response to mpox

Advancing equity through inclusive HIV research

SHARE Collaborative are making HIV research and treatment more inclusive, focusing on the persistent inequities experienced by people living with HIV.
Advancing equity through inclusive HIV research

Reducing health inequalities for Black African and Caribbean communities

Our researchers are tackling inequities faced by people with HIV through the development and equitable implementation of life-changing treatments.
Reducing health inequalities for Black African and Caribbean communities

True burden of asthma in African youth

In Africa, our researchers led the first-of-its kind study to determine the true prevalence and severity of asthma in young people.
True burden of asthma in African youth

Ethnicity may shape early dementia diagnosis 

Prof Marshall is working with communities disproportionately affected by delayed dementia diagnosis, advocating for inclusion in research.
Ethnicity may shape early dementia diagnosis 

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Fighting for fairer healthcare

Queen Mary researchers go further than publishing papers and writing reports – they bring their work to the public, sparking important discussions about inclusion and pushing for better representation in health research.

BMJ Leader: disability, ‘ableism’ and metamodern leadership

Prof Orkin opens up about living with an invisible disability as a physician and reflects on how her experience evolved her leadership style.
BMJ Leader: disability, ‘ableism’ and metamodern leadership

Bias in healthcare: ‘We falsely medicalised a normal variant’

Drawing on her experience, Dr Apea and STATnews explore the harms of medical ‘norms’ based on white people on people of other races and ethnicities.
Bias in healthcare: ‘We falsely medicalised a normal variant’

Campaigner for Health Equity Award

Dr Dhairyawan is named as a ‘Women of the Year’ for her work on advancing health equity, particularly for marginalised communities.
Campaigner for Health Equity Award

Ending Africa’s mpox outbreak  

Prof Orkin writes about the deadly mpox outbreak in Central Africa, demanding immediate action to address health inequalities and stop further spread.
Ending Africa’s mpox outbreak  

Harnessing data to address health inequalities in North East London

Prof Dezateux is using data-driven tools to uncover health inequalities and improve the health of our local community.
Harnessing data to address health inequalities in North East London

HIV prevention jab approved

Dr Sara Paparini, Rosalie Hayes and Sophie Strachan write about how the new HIV prevention jab approved for use in England and Wales will work.
HIV prevention jab approved
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