Olympia Amoo, senior research nurse for NIHR BioResource, joins us on this episode. She works on Improving Black Health Outcomes Study in London as part of the NiHR BioResource. She has over 10 years of nursing experience where she eventually qualified in paediatric nursing and struck interest in Sickle Cell Disease and other red cell diseases. Olympia shares with us her story of being diagnosed with a rare condition (TTP) that would eventually shape her career journey into pursuing and advocating for patient centred research. We discuss what research nursing entails, why there continues to be a gap between healthcare and Black communities, the systemic nature of racism and ongoing work that is being done to improve health outcomes. Olympia shares with us what Improving Black Health Outcome study entails, some of the emerging findings from this study and how everyone, including healthy people, can get involved.
Host: Tulela Pea, from Black Women Science Network
Guest: Ms Olympia Amoo
Improving Black Health Outcomes Study
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