Chinwe Obinwa
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Chinwe Obinwa | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nigeria |
| Education | University of Jos |
| Known for | President of the Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Field | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Sub-specialties | Forensic psychiatry |
Chinwe Obinwa is a British forensic psychiatrist of Nigerian origin, based with the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and president of the Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) in the United Kingdom.
Chinwe Obinwa was born in Nigeria, one of four siblings to her mother, a teacher, and father who died young.[1] In 1998, she graduated in medicine from the University of Jos, Lagos.[2]
Career
In 2000, Obinwa began her training in neuropsychiatry at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.[2][1] In 2023 she became a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[3]
She co-designed an online survey to study discrimination, the results of which were published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.[4] In the same year she was noted as president of the Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) in the United Kingdom.[5]
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