Dr Vanessa Apea is building a legacy that challenges inequities in health and inspires people to advocate for themselves, giving them the tools to demand better care.
Dr Vanessa Apea is a consultant physician in Genito-urinary and HIV medicine and the clinical lead for Sexual Health at Barts Health NHS Trust. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
Vanessa is passionate about reducing inequalities in healthcare. She has made this a central focus of her clinical work and received an NHS 70 Windrush Award for her contribution to improving health equity. She has an established track record of exploring barriers to engagement in care in marginalised populations and has a particular research interest in participatory approaches and the intersection of race, gender and health.
She is a member of the London Fast-Track Cities Initiative stigma subgroup working to get London to zero HIV stigma. She is also the medical director of NAZ, a charity advocating for high quality sexual health and HIV support services for BAME communities.
Vanessa is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University.
Recent Press
- Vanessa's Story: Wearing the badge as a marker of our support for the NHS
- Doctor has made it her mission to find out why London's minorities are being hit hardest by Covid
- Sex In A Covid World: Dispelling Myths With Dr. Vanessa Apea
- Study aims to uncover reasons why black and ethnic minority east Londoners have been hardest hit by covid
- Less Talk, More Action: New Report Sponsored by ViiV Healthcare Provides Roadmap to Achieve Health Equity by 2040
- Covid vaccines: their legacy & vaccinating teens
