Dr Camila Pantoja-Ruiz: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- PhD candidate in the Stroke Research Group at King's
- Quoted on
- Heart disease & stroke, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“These patterns of increased stroke risk in these communities may also be influenced by broader factors, including racism, unconscious bias and socioeconomic circumstances, which can impact access to and quality of care.”
What Dr Camila Pantoja-Ruiz has said
“This trend may partly reflect the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which reduced access to primary care, blood pressure monitoring and prescribing, particularly affecting black and deprived communities.”
Lead author of the study, King's College London · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Black people in England twice as likely to suffer stroke as white counterparts ↗
Where Dr Camila Pantoja-Ruiz has been quoted
- Research presented at ESOC 2026 suggests rising stroke rates due to widening ethnic and socioeconomic inequalitieskcl.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Black people in England twice as likely to suffer stroke as white counterpartstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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