Catalyze, inspire, innovate for mental health
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In this issue:
- Events
- Events in the local community
- Events beyond the Greater Boston Area
- Impact Story of the Week
- Global Mental Health Community Map
- Global Mental Health in the Media
- Mental health is universal health
- Survey Participation
- Please take our survey!
- Opportunities
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Global Mental Health Events in the Local Community
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Tuesday July 2, 2019, 8:00-9:00am
(followed by coffee hour from 9-10am)
Bornstein Family Amphitheater, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 45 Francis St., Boston
Dr. Renee Salas, lead author on the 2018 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Brief, and Bill Ravanesi, Senior Director of the Green Building & Energy Program at Health Care Without Harm, will join Dr. Peter Wayne, Interim Director for the Osher Center, for this special installment of the Osher Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds. Topics will cover the key public health impacts of climate change and opportunities for Greater Boston, the carbon footprint of hospitals and the leadership role the healthcare industry can play in mitigating and adapting to climate change, and the role of integrative medicine in building health resilience and supporting behavior change relevant to low-carbon health care and well-being.
Three Short Presentations, Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
Presenters:
Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Harvard Global Health Institute; Bill Ravanesi, MA, MPH, Health Care Without Harm; Peter Wayne, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at BWH/HMS.
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Global Mental Health Events beyond the Greater Boston area
We have readers all over the world,
please email us
any events, webinars, conferences that are local for you and we'd be happy to promote them with our community!
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September 25th - 28th | American University of Beirut, Lebanon
International Society for Social Pediatrics & Child Health 2019 Annual Meeting
The conference will inform us of the realities facing children exposed globally to armed conflict and its impact on their physical and mental health. But most importantly—it will provide a forum for defining how we as pediatricians, child health professionals and child advocates can respond personally and professionally. The conference will launch a concerted and sustained global movement to do so—in collaboration with global organizations on the front line of this work.
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We want to promote your work! Send us information about your project, a staff or faculty member, or a recent research study and we would love to consider it for an upcoming newsletter!
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Have you checked out our
GMH@Harvard Network Map yet?
This resource is here for you to navigate the larger network of individuals doing global mental health work across our community. You can narrow down your search based on the Focus Area, Geographic Experience and Role of your interest.
Don't forget to add yourself or your project by clicking
'Join the Network'
in the top right corner of the Map homepage.
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Global Mental Health in the Media
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New article "Mental health is universal health" written by Shekhar Saxena and Vikram Patel can be found within the larger publication published by GT Media in collaboration with the World Health Organization
"Health: A Political Choice".
The publication was shared with all attending the G20 Osaka Summit in Japan. The Mental Health article begins on page 94.
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Need research participants for your project? Send us an advertisement and we will include your posting in our next newsletter.
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Survey will be live until July 31st!
Professor Vikram Patel and Dr. John Naslund of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School with colleagues at
Sangath
are leading a project with the goal of testing and validating a brief online measure of non-specialist health worker competence for delivering the
Healthy Activity Program
, an evidence-based brief psychological treatment for depression in primary care facilities in low-resource settings in India.
As part of this work, their team is conducting a survey to test and refine the different items that may be included as part of the measure. With this survey, we are reaching out to clinicians, students, health workers, and those not in health care fields who have both had training or who do not have any training in delivering psychological treatments for depression. It is important that we have a mix of individuals who are familiar with delivering psychological depression treatments and those who are not at all familiar to answer the survey questions.
We would be very grateful if you would be willing to answer these questions. We would also be delighted if you would be willing to share our survey within your network and with other colleagues, students or others who may be interested. Thank you for your help. Any questions please reach out to ESSENCE Research Assistant,
Juliana Lynn Restivo
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Opportunities -
Vacancies, Courses, Fellowships, & Scholarships
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The Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Canada
Scaling Up Psychological Treatments for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Symptoms via Telemedicine
The Post‐Doctoral Research Fellow would play an integral role in providing clinical guidance and best practice oversight for clinical study staff as well as the recruitment process. Together with a team of renown investigators and stakeholders, the study aims to conduct a large, multi‐site trial across Toronto, Chapel Hill and Chicago, which will examine scalable models to improve evidence‐based psychological treatments for perinatal depression and anxiety. The ideal applicant for this position would be trained in Behavioural Activation Therapy. The Post‐Doctoral Research Fellow will work closely with Dr. Singla as well as the other key Investigators to coordinate care in one of three Toronto‐based sites. The current position would be housed in the Department of Psychiatry at Sinai Health System which serves to address women’s maternal mental health needs during the perinatal period.This project is funded by the
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
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Grand Challenges Canada - Toronto, Ontario
Grand Challenges Canada is seeking a Program Officer in Global Mental Health, to play a critical role in supporting innovations to improve treatments and expand access to mental health care for people living in low- and middle-income countries.
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The Research Associate will be working on two projects: 1: Poverty reduction, mental health, young people & 2: Mental wellbeing in ageing urban populations. Full time until 2021. Apply by July 17th.
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The Disparities Research Unit is starting a project that involves improving access and quality to mental health services to racial/ethnic minorities here in Massachusetts. Right now we hiring people to work as Community Health Workers to provide an innovative psychosocial intervention as part of the research trial. Questions? Contact:
Irene Falgas Bague,
psychiatrist and researcher at Disparities Research Unit at MGH
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The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry is seeking part-time clinical research coordinator to assist with the operation of an ongoing clinical research on maternal mental health surrounding childbirth. We are seeking a highly-motivated individual with strong interpersonal and organizational skills who is comfortable working in a fast-pace hospital environment. The coordinator will have the opportunity to contribute as a co-author to scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.
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The Health Service & Population Research Department invite applications from enthusiastic and experienced individuals to join the Global Mental Health research group as a Research Associate in Global Mental Health. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with Professor Ricardo Araya to support two research projects which he leads; 'Cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) for late life depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of Sao Paulo, Brazil (PROACTIVE)' and 'Optimising implementation strategies of the scale-up of a primary care psychological intervention: The Friendship Bench (FB) in Zimbabwe'.
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The MHPSS Coordinator - Caribbean will be responsible for overseeing the program activities linked with mental health and psychosocial support across all program sites. They will additionally be the key focal point for any local partners or external engagement that is MHPSS focused within the Caribbean program. They will guide and oversee all MHPSS activities with community based health centers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in order to improve the access, quality, and provision of mental health available to vulnerable populations.
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A call for applications is open for the Master of Philosophy in Public Mental Health for 2020 offered by the Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health (CPMH), a joint initiative of the Psychology Department at Stellenbosch University and the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town.
AMARI (African Mental Health Research Initiative) is offering four fellowships to candidates from partner countries (Ethiopia, South Africa, Malawi, and Zimbabwe)
to complete the MPhil in Public Mental Health in 2020.
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The Department of Mental Health of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with experience and dedication to public health approaches to behavioral and mental health. Particular disciplines of high priority include psychiatric or neurological epidemiology, prevention science, quantitative methods, and mental health services or policy. The Department of Mental Health (DMH) is the only department dedicated to mental health in a school of public health in the country. We enjoy strong connections to each of the other departments within the Bloomberg School of Public Health (SPH) and across the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
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The Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Canada
Scaling Up Psychological Treatments for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Symptoms via Telemedicine
The Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai hospital welcomes applications for a Clinical Trial Manager to work on a project that endeavors to implement and evaluate the delivery of a brief, evidence-based, psychological intervention of behavioural activation for perinatal depression and anxiety. This project is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The Clinical Trial Manager will report to the Principal Investigator. As a member of the research team, the Clinical Trial Manager will collaborate with Investigators and the health care team in the coordination of the clinical trial. Under the direction of clinical investigators, the Clinical Trial Manager will manage and implement the recruitment, team members and data collection for the trial.
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The Centre for Public Mental Health (CPMH) in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town is seeking to appoint a part-time Senior Lecturer (50% FTE) to support the MPhil in Public Mental Health, and to conduct other postgraduate supervision and research in the Centre.
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The Massachusetts General Hospital Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health is dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with female reproductive function. The Center provides consultation to women regarding the use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and treatment for postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. The Center also treats women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder and menopause related mood and anxiety disorders.
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Closing date to apply is 15 July 2019. This requisition is for employment at the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)
. The Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) Department promotes, coordinates, and implements technical cooperation activities, directed at the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and related risk factors, mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders, disabilities, violence, unintentional injuries, promotion of optimal nutrition and road safety, that are evidence-based and appropriate for the political and sociocultural context in which they are implemented. Position will be based in Washington DC, USA.
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Do you have something to share with the Global Mental Health community?
Email us at
GMH_Admin@hms.harvard.edu
and we will consider your submission for our next weekly newsletter.
GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard
is a cross-Harvard Initiative aspiring to elevate the profile of mental health as a global public good and a universal human right.
Views and opinions expressed in the newsletter do not necessarily reflect those of Harvard University. Any postings, including jobs, events, news articles and others, are meant for informational purposes only and do not represent endorsement by GMH@Harvard or any Harvard affiliated Schools or Hospitals.
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