About Chinwe Obinwa
Chinwe Obinwa was a Nigerian and British psychiatrist and forensic psychiatrist.
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.
Early life and education Chinwe Obinwa was born in Nigeria, one of four siblings to her mother, a teacher, and father who died young.
Career In 2000, Obinwa began her training in neuropsychiatry at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. In 2023 she became a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
She co-designed an online survey to study discrimination, the results of which were published by Cambridge University Press in 2025. In the same year she was noted as president of the Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) in the United Kingdom.
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Nigerian-British psychiatrist
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Chinwe Obinwa was a psychiatrist and forensic psychiatrist.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Chinwe Obinwa. https://biography.guide/chinwe-obinwa/
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