Patricia Kingori is a British Kenyan sociologist who is a professor at the University of Oxford. Her research considers the experiences of frontline health workers around the world. She is particularly interested in misinformation and pseudoscience. In 2015, Kingori was included on the Powerlist.
Patricia Kingori | |
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 Kingori speaks at the Research on Research Institute in 2019 | |
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| Alma mater | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | "The good, the bad and the ethical" : a sociological examination of Kenyan fieldworkers' ethical perspectives and practices of medical research. (2012) |
Early life and education
editKingori was born in Kenya. As a child she moved to Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.[1] She stayed in the Caribbean until she was a teenager, when she moved to London. Kingori was an undergraduate student at the Royal Holloway, University of London, where she studied sociology.[2] After graduating she worked as a research assistant in the University of London.[citation needed] Kingori focussed her doctoral research on the ethical challenges experienced by frontline workers.[3] After initially struggling to secure funding, Kingori was awarded a Wellcome Doctoral Studentship and began her PhD at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She was supervised by Catherine Dodds and Judith Green.[citation needed] After completing her doctoral research, Kingori moved to the multidisciplinary bioethics Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford where she continued studying the lives of frontline workers, comparing their experiences in The Gambia, Cambodia and Uganda.[4] In December 2021, Kingori became the youngest black Oxbridge professor and the youngest woman to ever be awarded a full professorship at the University of Oxford.[5] She is Professor of Global Health Ethics at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, Wellcome Senior Investigator, and Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College.[6]
Research and career
editKingori was appointed to the faculty at the Ethox Centre shortly after completing her first postdoctoral position.[4] Her research considers the sociology of science and medicine. She is particularly interested in the experiences and values of frontline staff,[7][8] for example, those conducting clinical trials and treatment in Africa. Kingori has studied the origins and spread of pseudoscience and misinformation in global health.[9] She presented her work on "fakes and facts" in a pandemic at the Science Gallery.[10]
In 2021, Kingori became the youngest woman to be made a Full Professor at the University of Oxford.[1]
Academic service
editKingori serves on the board of the Global Health Bioethics Network, the management team of the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, and the Development Board of the Black Cultural Archives.[11] At Oxford, Kingori is part of the Central University Research Ethics Committee.[6] Kingori has appeared on Julia Gillard's podcast A Podcast of One's Own.[12] She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours, SAGE SPI-B, which is overseen by Ann John and Brooke Rogers, and provides information on how to help people adhere to interventions during global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] She is a member of the COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition.[14]
Selected publications
edit- Patricia Kingori (25 October 2013). "Experiencing everyday ethics in context: frontline data collectors perspectives and practices of bioethics". Social Science & Medicine. 98: 361–370. doi:10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2013.10.013. ISSN 0277-9536. PMC 3898703. PMID 24210881. Wikidata Q35037745.
- Patricia Kingori; René Gerrets (16 August 2016). "Morals, morale and motivations in data fabrication: Medical research fieldworkers views and practices in two Sub-Saharan African contexts". Social Science & Medicine. 166: 150–159. doi:10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2016.08.019. ISSN 0277-9536. PMC 5034849. PMID 27566044. Wikidata Q31123995.
- Patricia Kingori (25 October 2013). "Experiencing everyday ethics in context: frontline data collectors perspectives and practices of bioethics". Social Science & Medicine. 98: 361–370. doi:10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2013.10.013. ISSN 0277-9536. PMC 3898703. PMID 24210881. Wikidata Q35037745.
Documentary
editKingori is executive producer as well as a central figure of The Shadow Scholars, a 2024 documentary about the thriving "essay mill" industry in Kenya where educated Kenyans are producing academic papers for mostly Western students. The documentary follows Kingori to Nairobi and provides behind-the-scenes on the lives of some of these writers. The documentary is directed by Eloïse King with British film director Steve McQueen as an executive producer. It had its international premiere at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in November 2024.[15][16]
Personal life
editKingori's sister, Vanessa Kingori, is publishing director of British Vogue.[1][17][18]
References
edit- ^ a b c "St.Kitts Rooted and Raised Patricia Kingori makes history by becoming the Youngest and First BLACK Professor at Oxford or Cambridge Universities in the UK". Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "College Report 2017-2018 by Somerville College - Issuu". issuu.com. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "From research assistant to senior academic creating a better culture | Researcher stories". Wellcome. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ a b www.red-stone.com (13 December 2021). "Patricia Kingori PhD". Medical Research Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Patricia Kingori becomes youngest Black Oxbridge professor". 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Patricia Kingori". Oxford Population Health. Nuffield Department of Population Health. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "After the End of Ebola". Somatosphere. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Kerasidou, Angeliki; Kingori, Patricia; Legido-Quigley, Helena (26 July 2016). ""You have to keep fighting": maintaining healthcare services and professionalism on the frontline of austerity in Greece". International Journal for Equity in Health. 15 (1): 118. doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0407-8. ISSN 1475-9276. PMC 4960903. PMID 27457098.
- ^ "Fakes, fabrications and falsehoods in global health — Ethox Centre". www.ethox.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Patricia Kingori". Science Gallery Bengaluru. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Development Board biographies". Black Cultural Archives. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard: Associate Professor Patricia Kingori on the influence of fakes, fabrications and falsehoods on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "List of participants of SAGE and related sub-groups". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Patricia Kingori". COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (18 November 2024). "'The Shadow Scholars' Director Eloïse King On Connecting With Kenya's Gen Z Fake Essay Writers + First Clip – IDFA". Deadline. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. "The Shadow Scholars (2024) | IDFA Festival". IDFA. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Edwardes, Charlotte (1 May 2018). "Vanessa Kingori on the new era of Vogue". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "How To Be A... Magazine Publisher: Vanessa Kingori". Un-ruly. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.