Chinwe Obinwa

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 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. In 1998, she graduated in medicine from the University of Jos, Lagos.

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 in the United Kingdom.