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 Media
- Opportunities
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Global Mental Health Events in the Local Community
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Boston University School of Medicine, Wilkins Board Room E120 72 East Concord St. Boston
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:
Brian Jack, MD,
is Director of the BU Center for Health System Design & Implementation and Professor and former Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. He has authored over 160 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters. He is currently PI on grants from AHRQ, HRSA, NIMHD, Fogarty Center, PCORI, Global Fund and the Kellogg Foundation.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
NAMIWalks Massachusetts brings together thousands of people – mental health professionals, people diagnosed with a mental health condition and their friends and family -- to combat stigma, raise funds, and educate the public about mental illness. NAMI is recruiting volunteers for NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2020 Committees. NAMIWalks Massachusetts Committees will support all areas associated with the event and fundraiser. As a volunteer member of a walk committee, you will be working and coordinating your efforts with Karen Gromis and/or her Walk Associate. The first meeting of each committee will be during the weeks of December 9 and 16. Each walk committee will focus on one of the following areas:
Sponsorship / WALK Team Retention / New Team Outreach / Recruitment of Volunteers for Friday before the Walk and Walk Day / Affiliate Fundraising.
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Global Mental Health Events beyond the Greater Boston area
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Monday December 9th 4:00pm - 5:15pm
6th Floor Board Room NYSPI Pardes Building, NYC, New York
Columbia University Seminar Series on Global Mental Health
Presenter: María Elena Medina-Mora
is a leading figure in mental health and the reform of mental health and substance abuse services in Mexico, with a decades-long commitment to research and public health. She served as Director-General Director of the Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry (INP) for 12 years (the maximum term). She founded and leads the Center for Global Mental Health Research, which is the first such center established in a middle-income country and represents a collaboration between INP, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Global Mental Health in the Media
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Roundup of recent Global Mental Health stories in the media
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In this episode, the five youth champions behind the Chronicles podcast return to share their personal experiences - and experiences of family members close to them - of encountering severe, chronic illness while young. Together they discuss having to grow up fast and quickly adjust to a new "normal" at the moment of diagnosis, navigating stigma and misunderstandings about mental health and chronic illness, and how to approach global youth advocacy in a meaningful way.
Featuring hosts: Maia Olsen, Chantelle Booysen, Joab Wako, Grace Gatera, and Micaela Neumann.
Get to know the hosts here!
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WHO QualityRights programme has recently launched key WHO materials, tools and a country implementation portal. These aim to transform mental health and social care systems and services towards a person-centered, recovery-oriented and human rights-based approach in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – this is the vision called for by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization – in the Foreword to the QualityRights materials. See the following links for more resources:
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Sustainable development for global mental health: a typology and systematic evidence mapping of external actors in low-income and middle-income countries -
Mental Health Innovation Network
Valentina Lemmi from London School of Economics and Political Science authored this latest paper in BMJ Global Health.
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What can we do about the world's mental health crisis? –
BBC
As our population increases so too will cases of mental illness, this week we ask: What can we do about the world’s mental health problem? GHP Professors Vikram Patel and Shekhar Saxena, were interviewed by BBC News for Their program The Inquiry.
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Can you eat to beat depression? –
WebMD
A growing field of science called nutritional psychiatry focuses on the effects of diet on mental health. Recent studies indicate that adopting a healthier eating plan can contribute to reducing symptoms of depression. Christopher Palmer (HMS/McLean) is quoted.
(As seen in HMS News on Dec. 3)
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Click to hear Professor Patel's Gala Speech and his memorable entrance as he received the John Dirks Canada Global Health Award this past October.
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Opportunities
Vacancies, Courses, Volunteer, Conference Presentations, & Scholarships
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Opportunities based in the US
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The EpiAWARE Study, sponsored by BU School of Social Work, BU School of Public Health, and the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, will explore the relationship between different types of stress and health outcomes, including type-2 diabetes, which affects Asian Americans at higher rates than other groups.
Part-time 6 month volunteer position available starting January 2020. Applications due Dec. 31st
The Dissertation Research Award is to assist doctoral students of public health working on relevant topics with research costs. Awards of up to $2500 will be given. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a doctoral program at one of the Harvard graduate schools and actively working on their dissertation. Dissertation proposals must have been approved by applicants’ dissertation committee and the dissertation research must be in the field of positive health science or another closely related field.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the only School of Public Health with a Department dedicated to advancing the prevention and control of mental and behavioral disorders and promotion of population mental health. Masters and Doctoral prospective students are encouraged to apply!
The Djokovic Fellowship supports the research of Harvard University advanced doctoral students, including medical students, whose work is related to early childhood health, learning, and behavior. Selected fellows receive a stipend and join an active, interdisciplinary learning community for one academic year. The goal of the fellowship is to create a new generation of leaders who will drive innovation that impacts the early childhood field and the lives of children facing adversity. Questions from prospective applicants can be emailed to : DSIF_developingchild@harvard.edu.
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Opportunities Outside the US
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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. Projects and events sponsored specifically by the GMH@Harvard Initiative are always indicated as so.
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