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
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Ending the evidence gap for pregnancy, HIV and co‐infections: ethics guidance from the PHASES project
Journal article
Lyerly AD. et al, (2021), Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24
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Global mental health should engage with the ethics of involuntary admission
Journal article
Wickremsinhe MN., (2021), International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15
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Human Rights and Global Mental Health: Reducing the Use of Coercive Measures
Chapter
Cratsley K. et al, (2021), Global Mental Health Ethics
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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
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International funding for mental health: a review of the last decade.
Journal article
Liese BH. et al, (2019), Int Health, 11, 361 - 369
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Research with Pregnant Women: A Feminist Challenge
Chapter
Little MO. et al, (2019), Ethical Issues in Women's Healthcare: Practice and Policy, 279 - 298