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Katie Rooney is a current final year medical student at the University of Manchester. She joined the YOD team during her third year of study and is one of three hosts of the podcast “The Student Dose”. She is an advocate for improving mental health awareness both through her work within YouOkayDoc and the MIND Youth Voice Network and often speaks freely about her own lived experience. She is co-founder of the Manchester Medical School Anti-Sexism Campaign and current co-chair of the University of Manchester Women in Medicine society whereby she makes a stand against workplace sexism and its effect on clinician mental health. Katie also has passion for the creative arts and has produced several theater pieces which have been staged in Manchester. In her spare time she enjoys getting crafty whilst watching a good documentary and spending time with her friends and family.
