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Events

GMH@Harvard Events GMH@Harvard Showcase & Film Screening Event Tuesday October 23rd 2018 Showcase: 4:00-6:00pm Kresge Cafeteria, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Film Screening: 6:00-8:00pm G1, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Showcase: The GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative is excited to invite students, faculty, organizations, programs, and departments to share their work on global mental health in Boston, the US or abroad at our showcase event during Harvard Worldwide Week! Our goal is to introduce students and trainees to the diverse global work at Harvard on mental health; form new collaborations across the university; and showcase the incredible interdisciplinary work being done throughout our community. RSVP here Interested in hosting a table at the Showcase? We are looking for students, faculty, initiatives, organizations, programs and departments to display their mental health science, advocacy, service, art, and education activities both globally and locally. Please have your team fill out this form to express your interest in presenting. Film Screenings: Following the showcase networking event we will be screening parts of the documentaries and hosting the filmmakers for a panel discussion: "Still We Rise" by Molly Knight Raskin “Sadness in Comedy: Unfounded Stereotype, or Something More?" by John Ball

GMH@Harvard Open Day SAVE THE DATE: Saturday April 13th 2019

Mental Health Events in the Community

Transforming Mental Health Globally: Key messages of the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development HMS Department of Global Health & Social Medicine Seminar Series October 3rd 2018 - 12:00pm-1:00pm | DGHSM 641 Huntington Ave. First floor conference room Please join the leaders of the Lancet Commission, Dr. Vikram Patel and Dr. Shekhar Saxena for their seminar series talk prior to the October 10th launch of the Commission

Race, Racism and Mental Health Harvard Law School SAVE THE DATE: November 16th-17th 2018 A two day conference with the goal of generating a discussion about the everyday impact of racism on the lives of people of color and how we as a profession and as professionals will address it. We draw on both “the usual suspects” and cutting-edge thinkers/researchers to generate conversations through presentations, panels and break-out groups involving three major themes: Mental Illness Outside the White Paradigm; Impact of Racism on Mental Health; and Race, Mental Illness and the Justice System. Co-sponsored by the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee.

Announcements

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South Asia Institute & GMH Brainstorming Meeting Thank you to The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute (SAI) for hosting GMH@Harvard last week and organizing a productive brainstorming meeting to discuss potential interdisciplinary collaborations across Harvard for mental health research in South Asia. We are excited to have this platform with SAI and will be sharing more about the network, opportunities, and possible events as they arise. If you are interested in being a part of this mental health in SAI network feel free to email gmh_admin@hms.harvard.edu or Shubhangi Bhadada

Opportunities

Coordinator II (Senior Project Coordinator) Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Global Health Program Coordinator for maternal and newborn survival projects Boston Children's Hospital. See this description for more information MannMukti - Open positions Launched in May 2017, MannMukti aims to encourage healthy, open dialogue of mental health issues in the South Asian community in an effort to remove stigma, improve awareness and promote self-care. Positions include: Director of Operations, VP Podcasts, Podcast Co-Producer, Graphic Designer, Development Chair. Apply here

Have an event/announcement/job or internship opportunity to share with the community? Email us at GMH_Admin@hms.harvard.edu and we will include it in our next newsletter!