Lynn Hendricks

Background

About Lynn Hendricks

Future Vision: I want to be a supportive transdisciplinary professor who does impactful learning, teaching, and research, using creative methods to bridge the gap between science, the environment, and communities. I want to do this because responding to health inequity starts with how we produce knowledge and whose voices are prioritised. I can do this because I believe in my vision and I have experience as a community arts-based researcher whose strengths lie in methodological innovation and knowledge translation. My approach to my work is guided by the following sentiment:"Until the lions have their own historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter."- African Proverb Professional Bio: I am a transdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in both Social Science (KU Leuven) and Public Health (Stellenbosch University) that was supported by VLIR-UOS. I am a 2023 Springer Nature Inclusive Health Research Awardee and a 2023 Cochrane Thomas Chalmers Awardee. I have a keen interest in co-creative research within communities and work with digital mediums as well as primary arts-based methods. My recent work includes co-producing a local and international public art exhibition with IZIKO Museum, and a community-led documentary, More than a Pill, with young women perinatally infected with HIV in the Cape Flats. The video is accessible on YouTube: To stay updated follow me on @Research_Ambit