Deji Ayonrinde

Community Psychiatrist. MBA. Professor. @queensu | Alum @UCL @ImperialCollege |mental health advocacy| #GlobalHealth 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 🇳🇬🇬🇧🇨🇦. Views & 📸 mine.

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

It’s the little things that matter ❤️

#kindness #humanity #gratitude

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

Kingston’s award winning Town Crier, Chris Whyman announces the @CityofKingston Mayoral Proclamation for #ColorectalCancerAwareness month 💙

No unhoused or person with Severe Mental Illness #SMI should ever be left behind!

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

March is #ColorectalCancer Awareness Month 💙

📍2nd leading cause of cancer death in men & 3rd in women
📍4th most diagnosed cancer in 🇨🇦

“…the unhoused or those living with severe mental illness are less likely to screen, get diagnosed later & have worse outcomes” - #YGK 💙

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

March is #ColorectalCancer Awareness Month 💙

📍2nd leading cause of cancer death in men & 3rd in women
📍4th most diagnosed cancer in 🇨🇦

“…the unhoused or those living with severe mental illness are less likely to screen, get diagnosed later & have worse outcomes” - #YGK 💙

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

People with #psychosis face huge challenges in #cancer care.

Listen to “Ronnie’s Story” - #colorectal #bowel

⬇️healthy lifestyle
⬇️cancer literacy
⬇️screening
⬇️engagement
⬇️life expectancy
⬇️equity in care
⬆️stigma
⬆️mortality

#CaSMIP - Don’t Leave Me Behind! ❤️‍🩹

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

“Don’t Leave Me Behind” ~ #Ronnie

With cancer care, our community members with mental illness deserve equity immediately (#DEI)❤️‍🩹 #WorldCancerDay

🎬 https://t.co/d0ZEs68Jdb

[Canadian Peace Museum @CanPeaceMuseum]

On #WorldCancerDay please consider the story of Ronnie and how his psychosis and precarious housing delayed cancer diagnosis. Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde (@braindrum) talks about what we can all do to reduce preventable deaths.

https://t.co/2nOVRJpPL2

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

@YejideKilanko Thanks so much for sharing your lived & living experience 🙏🏽

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

Navigating Cancer & Psychosis: Don’t Leave Me Behind!

We need to improve cancer care for our community living with Severe Mental Illness ❤️‍🩹

Mortality rate = 2-2.5 x general population.
@cancersociety @coloncanada
@ccalliance @ccranorg

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

People with #psychosis face huge challenges in #cancer care.

Listen to “Ronnie’s Story” - #colorectal #bowel

⬇️healthy lifestyle
⬇️cancer literacy
⬇️screening
⬇️engagement
⬇️life expectancy
⬇️equity in care
⬆️stigma
⬆️mortality

#CaSMIP - Don’t Leave Me Behind! ❤️‍🩹

[Queen's Health Sciences @QueensUHealth]

Dr. Ayonrinde sheds light on a critical gap in cancer care: the challenges faced by individuals living with severe mental illness. Watch his 5 à 7 Research Talk "Don't Leave Me Behind: Navigating Cancer and Psychosis" ➡️ https://t.co/XBeWtVxGNV

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

“Current scientific evidence suggests there are some accuracy differences in pulse #oximeter performance between individuals with lighter and darker skin pigmentation” - @US_FDA 🚨🖕🏾vs. 🖕🏻

Every health professional (& patient) needs to know this! 🫁🫀🩸

[U.S. FDA @US_FDA]

Today, we published new draft guidance aimed at helping improve the accuracy and performance of pulse oximeters – important devices for patient care that are used to estimate the amount of oxygen carried in the blood – across the range of skin pigmentation. https://t.co/Sg7itwQxr7

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

Starting MMXXV on a good note 🎶
#MentalHealth #Mindfulness

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

2025🎊…Dum Spiro Spero!

#kindness #humanity #gratitude

[JAMA @JAMA_current]

Pulse oximeters overestimate arterial oxygen saturation and provide more variable readings in people with darker skin pigmentations.

Despite guidance from the @US_FDA, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent.

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[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

@JAMA_current @US_FDA Thanks @CarmelShachar, @iwashyna, & @KadijaFerryman for highlighting this important #pulseoximeter concern - we need to fix this!

Sharing: 🫁🫀🧠 n=1
#COVID and the pulse oximeter’s beep
https://t.co/gbFQTKkut7

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

Peace…love…&…joy 🕊️❤️

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

We all need moments of #selfcare ❤️

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

Time to take a #wellness break?

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Nature’s beautiful palette 🎨

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

#Gratitude for the gift of a new day ❤️
‘Dum Spiro Spero’
#Thanksgiving🕊️

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

#WorldMentalHealthDay
Theme ~ “Mental Health at Work”

⬇️#stigma ⬆️#psychologicalsafety

[Deji Ayonrinde @braindrum]

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
“Changing the Narrative on Suicide”

📍@WHO https://t.co/LH6rxqSPha
📍> 720k people die by suicide yrly
📍3rd lead cause of death in 15–29 yr. olds
📍73% 🌎 suicides occur in #LMIC

You are not alone…talk to someone today…there is hope!
📞🇨🇦🇺🇸-988