Marisha Wickremsinhe

DPhil Student

Marisha joined the Ethox Centre in 2018 as a DPhil student in Population Health. Her research focuses on ethical considerations that impact physician decision-making on involuntary admissions for psychiatric inpatient care. Marisha's research is supported by the Clarendon Fund, Brasenose College Kwai Cheong Scholarship, and the Nuffield Department of Population Health.

Prior to pursuing the DPhil in Population Health, Marisha worked at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics as a Research Associate on two grants to develop ethics guidance for the responsible and equitable inclusion of pregnant women in clinical research. Marisha earned her MSc in Global Mental Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and King's College London, and her BS in International Health from the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University.

Recent publications

Global mental health should engage with the ethics of involuntary admission
Journal article

Wickremsinhe MN., (2021), International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15
Human Rights and Global Mental Health: Reducing the Use of Coercive Measures
Chapter

Cratsley K. et al, (2021), Global Mental Health Ethics
An analysis of funding patterns in development assistance for mental health: who, when, what, and where
Journal article

Gribble RSF. et al, (2021), Global Mental Health, 8
International funding for mental health: a review of the last decade.
Journal article

Liese BH. et al, (2019), Int Health, 11, 361 - 369
Research with Pregnant Women: A Feminist Challenge
Chapter

Little MO. et al, (2019), Ethical Issues in Women's Healthcare: Practice and Policy, 279 - 298

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