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Biographical details
Malaika is a Research Assistant working on the Landscaping International Longitudinal Datasets (LILD) project, the Exploring the Transmission of experiences of Racism, Anxiety, DEpression in families (TRADE) project and the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures.
Malaika joined the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre as a research assistant in 2022 after completing a Bachelor of Science in Global Health and Social Medicine – Neuroscience at King’s College London.
Malaika received the second prize in the 2022 Biotechnology & Society Essay contest on the theme "We are not human all the way down. So what?". Her winning essay was titled 'Are probiotics the catalyst for a medical shift from Individualism towards Interspecies approaches?'
Research interests (short)
- Longitudinal data
- Racism
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Mental health
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
- 2 Article
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Intergenerational Consequences of Racism in the UK: A Qualitative Investigation into Parents’ Exposure to Racism and Offspring Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Simela, C., Fayese, T., Okundi, M., Abdalla, H., McAdams, T. A., Harris, A., Augustine, A., Le, H., Abdinasir, K., Ayorech, Z. & Ahmadzadeh, Y., 25 Mar 2024, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 29, p. 181-191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social isolation and poor mental health in young people: Testing genetic and environmental influences in a longitudinal cohort study
Thompson, K., Oginni, O., wertz, J., Danese, A., Okundi, M., Arseneault, L. & Matthews, T., 23 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review