Cultural Blind Spots: Eating Disorders in British South Asians

First event of 2025-26 President’s Programme

Cultural Blind Spots: A Literature Review of Eating Disorders in British South Asians, with a Focus on Bangladeshi Communities ​

Speaker: Dr Erica Cini, Honorary Associate Professor, University College London. ​

Dr Erica Cini is a clinical academic at University College London and at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. Clinically, she practices as a consultant psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, where she is the lead psychiatrist for the Eating Disorders Intensive Programme for Children and Young People. Erica is the Deputy Clinical Director for Mental Health at NHS England (London region) and a clinical advisor to Beat, the national eating disorder charity.