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Monday December 2nd 2019
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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
Events
Global Mental Health Events in the Local Community
Tuesday December 3rd 2019 7:00-8:30pm
Macht Auditorium - Cambridge Hospital
1493 Cambridge St. Cambridge
Presenter: Philip Wang, MD, DRPH, Chair and Chief of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School. Meet the new chief of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance and hear about new opportunities to detect and intervene earlier, as well as prevent mental health conditions in the community. Dr. Wang will address how this can be achieved by transforming CHA into a learning healthcare system, and Boston Metro North into a learning health community.
Thursday December 5th 2019 3:00pm-6:00pm
Barker Center, Thompson Room - 12 Quincy St. Cambridge MA
The 10th Anniversary event will bring together past and present Burke Fellows to share the impact of the fellowship on their respective careers. We’ll hear from fellows whose interests have led them to study how economics impacts malaria prevention, treatment and diagnosis; to develop curricula to teach medical students about the root causes of health disparities; and to lead clinical trials of shortened treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis.  Dr. Giuseppe Raviola, member of our GMH@Harvard Steering Committee, was a 2019 Burke Fellow. Read more about his project here: Assessment of the Feasibility of a Service Delivery Planning Matrix to Expand Care for Common Mental Disorders at Four Global Sites
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.
Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health - Friday Morning Seminars
Harvard Program in Medical Anthropology
Fridays 10:00-11:50am, William James Hall 1550
  • December 6 - Kim Gutschow (Williams College)
For more information reach out to Andrea Chiovenda
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.
 If you are ready to commit to volunteer for a NAMIWalk committee , please download and complete the NAMIWalk committee form . Email the form to kgromis@namimas.org
Global Mental Health Events beyond the Greater Boston area
Wednesday December 4th 2:00-3:30pm
Shelden Hall W1214, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Webcast available
2019 Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Center Symposium
Across the globe, survivors of traumatic events endure devastating psychological effects—often without access to mental health services. At the seventh annual Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Symposium, Bloomberg School faculty and award-winning journalists from the Pulitzer Center share their findings from trauma’s frontlines and explore ways to heal its wounds. Speakers include: Kimberly Dozler , CNN Global Affairs Analyst, Dr. Laura Murray , Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Mental Health, Pat Nabong , journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee, Dr. Paul Spiegel Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Humanitarian Health and Dr. Judy Bass , Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health.
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).
Global Mental Health in the News
Roundup of Global Mental Health stories in the media from the past week
Currently Trending on Twitter  - Psychology Today
See threads and posts with these currently trending hashtags and join the conversation!
  • #MyMentalHealthIn3Words - people and organizations are sharing their experiences and advice on how to talk about your mental health or be there for someone close to you.
  • #GivingTuesday - Tomorrow, December 3rd is Giving Tuesday a global generosity movement to give back during a season of thanks. Check out the hashtag and see which Global Mental Health organizations you can support this year! Share your favorites by responding to the GMH@Harvard twitter account.
  • Harvard Center for Health and Happiness is tweeting 12 Days of Positive Psych Lessons in December. Follow along!
Looking for the Mothers: Connecting Bereaved Parents with Grief Counselors in Zambia - Impatient Optimists - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BUSPH Clinical Associate Professor Jennifer Beard covers an important story on counseling, grief, family, and cultural traditions that grew from a pertussis study in Zambia led by BUSPH infectious disease physician and researcher Dr. Christopher Gill.
Ethical dilemmas in global mental health. - BJPsych International
Professor Elena Cherepanov from Cambridge College, Boston authored this Special Paper in BJPsych.
Wellcome Photography Prize 2020: Submit your photos now! - Wellcome
Whether you are a professional, student or amateur photographer, you’re invited to enter the Wellcome Photography Prize 2020, which celebrates compelling imagery that will encourage conversations about the health challenges of our time. For 2020, our theme is Mental Health, which covers two of our five prize categories. At Wellcome, we believe a radical new approach is needed to transform the science of mental health. And with the prize this year we want to transform public perceptions too. We're looking for photographs that present refreshing, genuine insights into mental health and mental health problems, and avoid stereotypes and cliché. DEADLINE: December 16 2019.
After miscarriage, I was rocked by depression. Like many other women, I didn’t get follow-up care for this loss. - Washington Post
Account from the author on her experience with depression and the lack of follow up after it. "After my miscarriage was handled medically, the effect on my mental health also needed attention. But no follow-up appointment was offered, and there was no acknowledgment of the intense emotions that rock many women who have miscarried."
World AIDS Day Through a Mental Health Perspective  - Psychology Today
World AIDS Day is observed each year on December 1 and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and remember those who have died. Started in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day. According to the National Institutes of Health, people with HIV have an increased risk for developing mood, anxiety, and cognitive disorders and are twice as likely to live with depression as those who do not have HIV.  Article is from 2018 - but is very relevant as we observe World Aids Day yesterday and throughout the week.
For World AIDS Day, let’s talk about HIV and mental health - Shadow's Edge Blog
Personal blog from Surabhi Srivastava where she explores the intersectionality between mental health and HIV positive status. Surabhi has a masters degree in public health from Yale University, and is currently based in New Delhi, India.
Does your work focus on the intersection between mental health and HIV/AIDS?
Please email Juliana Restivo to be featured in next week's newsletter.
Opportunities
Vacancies, Courses, Volunteer, Conference Presentations, & Scholarships
Opportunities based in the US
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.







Opportunities Outside the US
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