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
- Global Mental Health in the News
- Opportunities
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Global Mental Health Events in the Local Community
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Monday November 4th 2019 2:00-3:30pm
641 Huntington Ave. Boston
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Presenter: Dr. Emily Wang, Associate Professor Yale School of Medicine and Director Health Justice Lab.
Dr. Wang has cared for thousands of individuals with a history of incarceration and is co-founder of the Transitions Clinic Network, a growing consortium of 40 community health centers nationwide dedicated to caring for individuals recently released from correctional facilities. Dr. Wang has served on the National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine’s Health and Incarceration Workshop, Means of Violence Workshop, and the Steering Committee on Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs. Dr. Wang has a AB from Harvard University, an MD from Duke University, and a MAS from the UC San Francisco.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 8:00-9:00am (followed by coffee hour from 9-10am)
Bornstein Family Amphitheater, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 45 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115
Hosted by: The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Presenter: Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
The Osher Center is honored to be hosting Dr. Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health at our November 5th, 2019 Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds. Dr. Patel will be sharing research findings on his work regarding patient-centered care for chronic conditions.
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Tuesday, November 5th 2019 6:00pm - 7:30pm
MGH Thier Conference Room, Thier Research Building, 1st Floor, 50 Blossom Street.
Global Dinner Series
hosted by the
Global & Local Center for Mental Health Disparities
at Boston Medical Center & BU School of Medicine;
Massachusetts General Hospital's Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry; Boston Children's Hospital; and Boston College School of Social Work
Presenter: Dr. Menekse Alpay, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and clinical Assitant in Psychiatry, MGH
Dr. Alpay is a psychiatrist with over 20 years experience with a broad range of training. She is part of the consultation-liaison service at the MGH. Through the Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry she has spent the past three and a half years working with children under government custody in Istanbul including children who were orphaned, refugees, and severely traumatized children.
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2019, 12:00 - 2:00pm
801 Massachusetts Ave. 3rd Floor Room 305
Hosted by: This event is co-sponsored by the Boston University School of Social Work's Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, and Boston University School of Public Health's Department of Global Health and Maternal & Child Health Center of Excellence.
Dr. Julie Cwikel
is a chaired full professor in the Spitzer Department of Social Work at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel. In this presentation, she will review basic principles and a brief history of social epidemiology based on her best-selling textbook: Social Epidemiology: Strategies for Public Health Activism. To illustrate the versatility of social epidemiology as a research method, she will present findings from six different research projects on the topic of addressing perinatal mental health challenges among new mothers from diverse populations. An open discussion will follow. Lunch will be provided.
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2019, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Kresge G2)
Hosted by: The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights
Speakers:
Jacqueline Bhabha
, Professor of the Practice of Health & Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard FXB Director of Research.
Susan Bissell,
Founding Director of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, UNICEF Global Chief Child Protection (former).
Lee Gelernt
, ACLU Lawyer and Deputy Director of ACLU’s National Immigrants’ Rights Project.
November 2019 marks 30 years since the signing of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child
, a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. Though the United States played an active role in drafting the Convention and signing it, it remains the sole signatory that has not ratified the Convention. “30 Years Later: Are We Protecting Children’s Rights?” will discuss how this treaty has affected children’s rights globally and in the U.S., and what more can be done to ensure the rights of children are protected.
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Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health - Friday Morning Seminars
Harvard Program in Medical Anthropology
Fridays 10:00-11:50am, William James Hall 1550
- November 15 - Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt University)
- December 6 - Kim Gutschow (Williams College)
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Global Mental Health Events beyond the Greater Boston area
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Wednesday November 20th 9:00am - 7:00pm
Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
Held in partnership with the Centre for Global Mental Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Wellcome Trust, this landmark conference aims to secure real commitments on mental health awareness, policy, investment and implementation in order to bridge the gap in mental health provision in Africa.
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Global Mental Health in the News
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Round up of Global Mental Health stories in the media
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When his wife, Joan, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Arthur Kleinman discovered that four decades in health care didn't prepare him for the tough journey ahead.
Professor Arthur Kleinman is the Chair of our GMH@Harvard Advisory Group.
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The Road to Global Mental Health Conference at Kings College London marked the 10th year anniversary for the
Centre for Global Mental Health
on October 29th.
GMH@Harvard's lead founder and Steering Committee Chair, Professor Vikram Patel
was one of the co-founders of this academic centre in London. Prof. Patel reflected on the event last week saying
"It was a very memorable event, one which made me nostalgic but also proud about the legacy of the collaborative efforts to establish the CGMH in London... I very much look forwards to a similar aspiration for our initiative in Harvard."
You can read more about the Centre and the successes of the past 10 years here.
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The Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) is a virtual network of individuals and organisations that aim to improve services for people living with mental health problems and psychosocial disabilities worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) where effective services are often scarce. Two principles are fundamental to the Movement: scientific evidence and human rights.
Register here!
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Researchers from Boston Medical Center were selected to represent Massachusetts as one of four state research sites to participate in a $350 million study to address the opioid epidemic. Funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the HEALing Communities Study includes three other states hit hard by the opioid epidemic: New York, Kentucky, and Ohio.
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Lady Gaga's mom on witnessing her daughter's "turn" in mental health -
CBS News
Cynthia Germanotta, WHO's Goodwill Ambassador for mental health shared "Stefani was very unique. And that wasn't always appreciated by her peers. And as a result, she went through a lot of difficult times. Humiliated, taunted, isolated. When you're a young woman, this really severely impacts you. And it was in middle school when I saw that turn happen.”
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Global Study Gives Perspective On Mental Health Struggles At Work -
Forbes
There are at least four national awareness days in October dedicated to drawing people’s attention to mental health issues. There’s National Bullying Prevention Month, National Depression Screening Day (October 10) Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 6–12) and National ADHD Awareness Month. With so much information, it’s easy to get caught in the weeds. Here’s a birds-eye view of what businesses in particular need to pay attention to.
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It is Time for Global Mental Health to Acknowledge Sociostructural Determinants of Distress -
Mad in America
An article by Zenobia Morrill about a new commentary about global mental health in Lancet Psychiatry. Written by Rochelle Ann Burgess and colleagues, the commentary announces a call to address the everyday impact of social, economic, and political forces on individual health.
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VIEWPOINT:
"Through this class I got to speak directly to those who are incarcerated, and more importantly, listen to them. As legislators and public health professionals consider ways to address substance use and incarceration, the voices of those who are incarcerated and have used substances should be at the center of the conversation." - Rafik Nader Wahbi
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Opportunities
Vacancies, Courses, Volunteer, Conference Presentations, & Scholarships
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Opportunities based in the US
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Are you an advanced Harvard doctoral student who is passionate about changing the lives of young children facing adversity? Could your research transform the way we think about policies and programs for children and families? If your answer to these questions is "yes," apply to the Djokovic Science & Innovation Fellowship at the Center on the Developing Child! The fellowship supports students whose research is related to early childhood health, learning, and behavior. The deadline to apply for the 2020-2021 Fellowship is January 3rd, 2020.
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The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School seeks a postdoctoral fellow to participate in a new action-research project dedicated to advancing Indigenous Partnerships for Community Well-Being. The fellow would work closely with
Prof. Joseph Gone
, Faculty Director for the Harvard University Native American Program, and in collaboration with regional and national indigenous community partners.
Prof. Joseph Gone is a member of our GMH@Harvard Advisory Group
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This position offers an exciting opportunity to be engaged in global and local addiction science and mental health research. We are looking for a postdoc with a strong biostatistics background, including experience conducting longitudinal data analysis for randomized clinical trials. Primary responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: data analysis and manuscript preparation, grant preparation, research staff supervision and mentorship, and clinical supervision (if applicable). The position will be based in the
Global Mental Health and Addiction Program Lab
at University of Maryland, College Park.
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Student Research Assistant/Internship Opportunity
Multiple student research assistant opportunities to work on projects in collaboration with India's leading NGO -
Sangath
. These projects address improving the care of people living with a range of mental disorders through digital innovations for training health care providers. Possible opportunities to travel to Sangath's project site in Bhopal, India.
Interested? Email both
Juliana Restivo
and
John Naslund
with your resume/CV and a short description of your experience and research interests.
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Dr. Aisha Yousafzai in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard School of Public Health is seeking a student research assistant to support the LEAPS (Youth Leaders for Early Childhood Assuring Children are Prepared for School) project, an impact evaluation of a youth-led program for early childhood education implemented with government partners in rural Sindh, Pakistan. Successful applicants should be masters or doctoral level students with strong quantitative research and analysis skills demonstrated in coursework or work experience; familiarity with statistical packages; and an interest in early childhood and/or youth development.
Dr. Yousafzai is a member of our GMH@Harvard Steering Committee
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Post-doctoral Position to study Climate Change and Children’s Mental Health, University of Maryland.
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship opportunity. S
upported by the National Science
Foundation and the University of Maryland. prospective postdoc applicants interested in co-developing a synthesis research project are responsible for initiating and developing a relationship with Collaborating Mentors. Dr. Devon Payne-Sturges and Dr. Tracy Riggins at the University of Maryland, College Park are interested in co-developing a proposal wi
th an applicant to model and evaluate the combined effects of climate change or ambient air pollution exposures and psychosocial stressors on children’s mental health or neurodevelopment and examine the role of the built and natural environments in these relationships using epidemiological and systems science modeling approaches.
Successful candidates will use synthesis methods to address a problem arising from, or associated with, the relationship between humans and the environment. C
ontact
Dr. Payne-Sturges
for more information.
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The RPCA is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to support research with specific attention to disparities facing war-affected, Muslim refugee populations, and other populations on topics such as substance use/abuse, community support, and caregiver-child relationships. The postdoctoral fellow will help measure psychosocial outcomes to assess the effectiveness of the Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R), a 10-module home-visiting intervention focused on skill-building and psychoeducation to reduce mental health disparities. Currently, the FSI-R is being tested for effectiveness through a randomized controlled trial with 300 families in Lewiston, Maine and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Opportunities Outside the US
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The Early Child Development+Violence Prevention, Home Visiting Implementation Science Project links with an evidence-based, home-visiting model (Sugira Muryango; SM) that supports playful parenting, father engagement, improved nutrition, care-seeking, and family functioning -- to promote Early Child Development, positive parent-child relationships, and healthy child development. This scaling out implementation science hybrid design will enable the RPCA to 1) expand SM to younger children (0-6 months); 2) increase the number of children impacted by the intervention; 3) increase the use of technology to accelerate feedback; and, 4) test an evidence-based implementation strategy, the Promoting Lasting Anthropometric Change and Young Children’s Development (PLAY) Collaborative, to engage local stakeholders and frontline providers and supervisors to ensure quality improvement and sustainability.
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The Diffusion and Spillover study will extend ongoing mental health services research in Sierra Leone on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention, the
Youth Readiness Intervention
(YRI). The YRI has demonstrated feasibility and effectiveness for improving emotion dysregulation and daily functioning and is being scaled up in partnership with the Government of Sierra Leone and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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The RPCA will examine whether the current YRI cost-effectiveness calculations should also consider indirect effects upon YRI participants’ peer networks and cohabitating caregivers. Adopting a broader perspective may demonstrate the potential for the YRI and similar mental health interventions in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) to reach a larger population and result in both incremental mental health benefits and other societal benefits.
The Research Program on Children and Adversity is seeking a Diversity Fellow applicant whose interests and career goals for training align with the activities of our recently-funded NIMH R01 in Sierra Leone to investigate the indirect mental health benefits of a CBT-based intervention among peers and caregivers of at-risk youth who receive the intervention. The project uses a mixed-methods approach to investigate (a) mechanisms of diffusion of intervention effects across peer networks; (b) mental health spillover effects among cohabitating caregivers; and (c) incremental mental health benefits among peers and caregivers through a return on investment analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis.
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cohort of Physician, Nurse, and Midwife Educators! Among other positions, Seed is looking for skilled Mental Health Nurse who is not only passionate about global health, but who is committed to strengthening health systems and building human resource capacity for healthcare education, training, and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Dr. Daisy Singla
and her team of renown of investigators have received an award from the
Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
. Their 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 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. 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. The ideal applicant for this position would be trained in Behavioural Activation Therapy. The successful candidate will be housed at Sinai Health System (SHS); however, they will visit local collaborating sites.
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The purpose of this consultancy will be to provide technical support on the development and implementation of UNICEF’s adolescent mental health & wellbeing programming. The incumbent will enhance the Health Section’s ability to ensure technical excellence and quality of programmatic work on adolescent mental health & wellbeing globally, as well as support knowledge sharing in this area internally and with key partners.
Contact for more information.
The ideal candidate will be motivated and passionate about mental health implementation. Preferably someone who has recently completed their PhD and has program experience in adolescent Mental Health We are looking for a younger, motivated person, probably someone who has recently accomplished a PhD or similar and has program experience in (adolescent) mental health.
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Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
The Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai hospital welcomes applications for a Clinical Trial Manager to work a large, multi-site trial across Toronto, Chapel Hill and Chicago. The aim of the study will be to examine scalable models to improve evidence-based psychological treatments 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, Dr.
Daisy Singla
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King's College London are looking for an ambitious and experienced individual to lead the King's Sierra Leone Partnership (KSLP) in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead strategy and oversee operations for an innovative and impactful health systems strengthening programme, rooted in strong partnerships. The postholder will lead a motivated team of international and national staff and volunteers to deliver a programme of work in partnership with: the University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex at Connaught Hospital, the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
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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. Projects and events sponsored specifically by the GMH@Harvard Initiative are always indicated as so.
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