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Network member Dr Tanisha Spratt Uni of Greenwich is looking for participants for a pilot study about the role of colourism in Black British women's health outcomes. Get in touch with @tanisha_jemma if you fit the criteria and are available for a short interview.

Really excited that the first episode in our special series spotlighting the work of our Black Health and the Humanities is now out! Massive thank you to the @survivingsociety.bsky.social team for working with us to showcase our members’ wide-ranging, important work.

Really interesting research meeting with the folk ReCoCo yesterday, exploring different ideas for #mentalhealth research at #TheWellSpring. Exciting to see our first article in their prospectus too!

We are thrilled to start a new series! Join us on 10 April, 4-5pm BST for a Conversation with Dr Arya Thampuran (from @DurhamIMH) and Sarah de Leeuw (from NorthernMedicalProg) on the crucially important topic of Decolonizing our Practices. Sign-up below. shorturl.at/ftQV6

Such a joy being in conversation with Tanisha about the politics of care and how we might re-imagine futurity.

There are more tickets available for my book launch here if you'd like to come and haven't booked: Sarah Lucas, James McGrath and Dr Arya Thampuran (thanks to @aryaray08 for this) eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-ident…

The creative vision for our Black Health and the Humanities stall Durham Institute for Medical Humanities DRP launch last night: a tarot deck to inspire decolonial thinking & radical care checklist to critically reflect on wellness. @DrKelechiAnucha & I thank everyone who helped co-create our vision board! #medhumsplatform

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of our Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities this week. It was a privilege to hear about your work & to share our vision for the future of interdisciplinary & cross-sector #healthresearch. Durham University Wellcome

Super excited for Dr Arya Thampuran's talk on race, care, and place in the medical humanities next Wednesday! Join us! :) #medicalhumanities #blackhealth

Durham’s own Dr Arya Thampuran on how Wangechi Mutu’s Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors re-appropriates 19th C medical diagrams of uterine cancer to confront racialised notions of the ‘healthy’ reproductive female body #VisualMedHums @VisualMedHums

We are thrilled to announce that our website is now live, as we kick off this new phase of our network. Visit blackhealthhumanities.com to learn more about our community & vision; watch this space for events & resources. Beautiful network art by our talented member Kariima Ali!

Such a joy to have some of our new cohort meet and mingle with the rest of our community this week. Conversations that filled our cups and affirmed the importance of this work now - we can’t wait for what’s in store in the new academic year!

The Arts Play Health Community are delighted to be hosting a hybrid event on 30/10 in partnership with Global South Arts & Health Week Arts in Medicine Projects Black Health and the Humanities. #Edinburgh or online Featuring Dr Arya Thampuran Kelechi Anucha kunle adewale @ArtHealthWY @OliviaTurnerArt. eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

Such a pleasure to host @Parise_CM Durham Institute for Medical Humanities today to share her research on race & equity, and so thoughtfully hold space for crucial conversations about our responsibilities as researchers!

A fantastic first day of workshops on health, justice & activism today - thank you @Parise_CM for leading such important conversations on coalition-building and bridging interdisciplinary boundaries for our collective work in the BHH!

Huge thanks to Jemilea Wisdom-Baako MA, for sharing with us the important work that @writerznscribez are doing to reimagine the creative health field, your beautiful poetry, and facilitating the space for us to reflect on how we care for ourselves and each other while doing this work!