Dr Francisca Stutzin

Originally from Santiago, Chile, Francisca trained as a psychologist at Universidad Diego Portales. Her clinical work with underserved communities motivated a lasting interest in how social contexts shape health and wellbeing. Supported by an honours scholarship, she completed a master’s in philosophy, reinforcing her commitment to linking social values and public health.

In 2015, she moved to London to pursue an MA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of Health at UCL, where she discovered a passion for interdisciplinary health research. After a stint as a Junior Research Fellow in Social Studies in Health in Chile, she returned to UCL in 2017 to begin her PhD. Her research on chronic illness included a six-month ethnography in two NHS hospitals, working closely with patients and clinicians to understand the complexities of long-term care. This work has been published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, BMJ Medical Humanities, Public Health Ethics, and in the OUP volume titled Crisis, Inequity, and Legacy: Narrative Analyses of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In 2021, Francisca joined the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research associate on a Cancer Research UK–funded project, focusing on the implementation of breast cancer risk assessment across clinical settings.