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October 18th 2021

In this issue: 
  • Mental Health Webinars & Events
  • Opportunities
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NeuroGAP-Psychosis has recruited 30,000 participants! 

The NeuroGAP-Psychosis project, led by GMH@Harvard Steering Committee member Dr. Karestan Koenen, has passed an incredible milestone by recruiting more than 30,000 participants for their study on the genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.  NeuroGAP-Psychosis is a collaboration between 9+ institutions in 5 countries.  Learn more here. Congratulations to all the team members from across the world on this important milestone! 
 

Charities supporting mental health for all

This year, World Mental Health Day celebrates the theme : 'Mental Health care for all: let’s make it a reality' Just as we all have physical health, so we all have mental health and we ALL need support. 

Visit the new website: www.mentalhealthcareforall.com. This website is dedicated to highlighting the work of organisations that support the mental health of communities who may find it even harder than normal to access mental healthcare services. The GMH@Harvard EMPOWER program is featured! 

Each organisation is recommended by a funder who is proud to support their work. If you have charities focused on vulnerable and marginalised groups that you support and would like to add, reach out to  gaia@jhmuller.com and jules@jhmuller.com. The team hopes that the site can be a valuable and quick way to see funder-shared recommendations. 

Mental Health Webinars & Events

Culture, Psychiatry and Global Mental Health - Friday Morning Seminar
Fridays 10am - 12pm 

Email for more information: Sadeq Rahimi @ Sadeq_Rahimi@Hms.harvard.edu

October 22
Chris Dole, PhD and Fatih Artvinli, PhD
Psychiatry, Disaster, Security: Turkey amidst Mediterranean Assemblages

November 5
Jaswant Guzder, MD, and Geoffrey Walcott, MD
Psycho-Historiographic Cultural Therapy and its Emergence in Jamaica

November 12
Aslihan Sanal, PhD, Michael M.J. Fischer, PhD discussant
In a Valley of Symptoms: Studying Scientists at a German Particle Accelerator

Uppsala Health Summit: Pathways to Lifelong Wellbeing 
October 18 - 21 2021
Mental health is one of the most important global health challenges of our time. Fostering and protecting mental wellbeing requires multi-sectoral action at all levels in society, but there is often a need for better understanding of available approaches, how they can be successfully implemented and benefit more people. Our Summit in October will provide a unique interdisciplinary platform for researchers, experts and practitioners to present and discuss innovative approaches to prevent and intervene for better mental health globally.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Violence Reduction
Boston College School of Social Work: Research Program on Children and Adversity
The Grants & Sponsored Research Initiative 

October 19 9am ET 

Dr. Blattman will present his work on violence reduction in Africa, Latin America, and the Unites States. He will share what his team has learned about cognitive behavioral therapy and the advantages of integrating it with economic assistance. Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris Public Policy. He is an economist and political scientist who studies poverty, violence and crime in developing countries. He has designed and evaluated strategies for tackling poverty, including cash transfers to the poorest. Much of his work is with the victims and perpetrators of crime and violence, testing the link between poverty and violence. His recent work looks at other sources of and solutions to violence. These solutions range from behavioral therapy to social norm change and local-level state building. He has worked mainly in Colombia, Liberia, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Chicago’s South Side. 

Developing psychiatric programs for children under government custody in Turkey
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, and Boston Children's Hospital 

October 19 6pm - 7pm ET

Menekse Alpay, MD is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst with over 25 years of experience helping individuals from all ages. Dr. Alpay graduated from Istanbul Medical School prior to completing her residency training in adult psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center and fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at MGH. Dr. Alpay also completed her training in psychoanalysis at Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is now an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Assistant in Psychiatry at MGH, where she teaches fellows in the consultation-liaison department. Through the MGH Chester M. Pierce, MD Division of Global Psychiatry, Dr. Alpay has spent the past five years working with children under government custody in Istanbul, including orphaned children, refugees, and severely traumatized children. 

GMH@Harvard: “How Did I Get Here?” Career Paths in Mental Health Series (Human Rights, Legal, Policy)
October 19 10am - 11am ET 

Register here!
We are excited to announce our 6th webinar in this series! The goal of this panel webinar series is to highlight and learn from the career paths of individuals who have been successful in diverse aspects of global mental health work. These seminars will seek to connect students and interested individuals to professionals in the field by understanding their career paths and how their passion and experiences led them to pursue a career in global mental health. It also serves to encourage individuals to find their own path in the global mental health community.

The October seminar will include individuals who have experience or are currently working with a focus on mental health in relation to human rights, law, and policy. All panelists are authors on the new GMH@Harvard led edited volume: Mental Health, Legal Capacity and Human Rights published by Cambridge University Press. The panelists include: Benjamin Barsky, Julie Hannah, Arjun Kapoor, and Alberto Vasquez.

Psychoses in Global Context: Initial Findings from INTREPID II  
October 20 2021, 11am - 12pm ET

The next Population Mental Health Forum will bring researchers from the INTREPID project (INTernational REsearch Programme on Psychoses In Diverse settings) to discuss their large scale research program focused on exploring the phenomenology, epidemiology, onset, and outcome of psychotic disorders in India, Nigeria, and Trinidad. Drs. Craig Morgan, Gerard Hutchinson, and Oye Gureje will discuss the aims of INTREPID, research findings, and lessons learned from conducting their research in diverse settings. The event will conclude with a Q&A session with attendees.

Marce of North America - Parental Mental Health During Changing Times 
October 21-23, 2021
Our fall conference will take place Virtually on Thursday October 21st-Saturday October 23rd, with Pre-Conference workshops being offered on Wednesday, October 20th. The conference is entitled Parental Mental Health During Changing Times.  

Inequality of Funding in Global Mental Health 
October 21 4:00-5:30pm IST 
As part of Sangath's 25-year anniversary events, we are continuing our series of discussions on global mental health. Aligning with this year's World Mental Health Day theme of 'Mental health in an unequal world', this webinar explores the inequality of funding accessibility and distribution, the imbalance between Global North and South, and the way forward.

Panel includes: 
Tina Assi- Director, Global Health Innovation at Grand Challenges Canada
Priti Sridhar- CEO, Mariwala Health Initiative
Prof Ricardo Araya- Director, Centre for Global Mental Health
Dr Soumitra Pathare- Director, Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy

McLean Hospital Technology in Psychiatry Online Summit
October 27-29, 2021 
In lieu of a poster session, the TIPS Program Committee is seeking submissions for virtual blitz talks. Each talk will be approximately 4 minutes in length and provide a brief summary of the presenter's research and findings.
Submit your abstract here to be considered. 

McLean Hospital: Improving the Effectiveness and Scalability of Digital Mental Health Through Precision and Personalization
October 29th 1:30pm-3:00pm

These leading digital mental health researchers will discuss the use of AI to tailor patient messages and deep learning to develop chatbots, investigate how novel data from wearables and mobile devices can be used to track and adapt digital interventions, and review unique challenges they have encountered in developing web- and smartphone-based therapies across disorders, settings, and populations. 
 

McLean Hospital: "E-mental Health in Mood/Anxiety Disorders - Setting Up New Tools for Clinicians in Routine Patient Care"
October 29th 1:30pm-3:00pm

The COVID-19 outbreak ignited telemedicine, with decades of tentative changes being implemented in weeks. Its benefits suggest that telemedicine is here to stay, allowing for significant improvements in patient diagnosis and follow-up procedures through the rationalization of available human and material resources. With this "new normal," the panelists will discuss how it is necessary to design platforms with telemedicine and augmented reality functionalities that coexist with the basic videoconferencing functions, including the ability to make questionnaires and tests in real-time, acquire and display physiological data, and analyze facial expressions and movement.

Showcasing African Neuroscience Meeting
Virtual meeting dates: 2nd and 3rd November, 12pm-5.30pm UK Time
Registration deadline: 24th September, 5pm UK time
 


Register for free here! 

The ‘Showcasing African Neuroscience’ meeting will bring together researchers, funders and journals to 1) Showcase some of the best examples of neuroscience research on the continent; 2) Use discussions to catalyse the assembly of a group to develop and formalise written outcomes of the meeting
 
Highlights include: innovation within African neuroscience, leveraging animal models for neuroscience discovery,  and how to overcome challenges to progress in neuroscience research in an African context. 

Indigenous Mental Health & Well-Being Over the Early Life Course 
December 1 2021 12pm ET 

Job, Research, and Funding Opportunities

Quantitative & Qualitative Student Research Assistant Openings -  Mental Health for All Lab  
Mental Health For All Lab postdoctoral fellow Dr. Sara Romero is seeking a Student Research Assistant with an interest in 

As a member of the Mental Health For All Lab the Student RAs will be invited to join monthly lab meetings and collaborate with other lab members. Students looking to complete a practicum, receive academic credit or complete an independent study using this work are encouraged to apply. Co-authorship status on publications will be offered. This position is unpaid. Email Dr. Sara Romero for more information and to apply. 

Surgo Ventures 
Surgo Ventures is hiring for several exciting positions. See below for links to the positions! 

Healthy Minds Study Coordinator 
The Healthy Minds Network (HMN) for Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health is looking to hire a highly skilled, self-motivated research study coordinator. The projects are related to adolescent and young adult mental health, especially in college student populations. The main project is the Healthy Minds Study, a national study of student mental health.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Addiction & Implementation Science  
The Global Mental Health and Addiction Program at the University of Maryland is looking to recruit a postdoc with interest in addiction treatment and implementation science in underserved, marginalized communities, preferably with experience with both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including longitudinal data analysis. There will be numerous opportunities for publications in the areas of substance use, implementation science, and peer delivery, including from two hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials of peer-delivered behavioral activation interventions in underserved communities in Baltimore and Detroit. Apply here. 

Senior Research Assistant Workplace Mental Health Project - Sangath Bhopal India

Sangath, India is hiring for multiple positions! 
Read more about the multiple open positions at Sangath, India and join these fantastic teams. 

  • Health Communications Coordinator
    Location: Goa/New Delhi
  • Lay Counsellor
    Location: Goa
  • Intervention Coordinator
    Location: Bhopal
  • Clinical Lead
    Location: Delhi
  • Clinical Lead
    Location: Goa
  • Clinical Lead
    Location: Bhopal
  • Program Director
    Location: Goa

Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology 2022-2023
The McLean Hospital/Harvard Med School Clinical Psych internship has a new PTSD Track. Work in the LEADER program for first responders and do research with Antonia Seligowski & Kerry Ressler. 

Grand Challenges Canada - Requests for Proposal: Youth Mental Health 
Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health program is seeking innovative and transformative approaches to enhance mental health literacy and/or provide youth-friendly services to address the needs of the most underserved 10 to-24 year olds in low- and middle-income countries. Successful proposals will be awarded seed grants of up to $250,000 CAD to develop and test the proposed innovation over 18 or 24 months.

The application deadline is December 1, 2021 at 12:00pm EST (5:00pm UTC).

HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program

The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Fellowship connects high-potential global health researchers with innovative, mentored research opportunities designed to improve the health of low-resource populations around the world. Sponsored by the Fogarty International Center (FIC) and several collaborating Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the HBNU program brings together a consortium that includes Harvard University, Boston University, Northwestern University, and University of New Mexico, in collaboration with 18 partner institutions in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs).

The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program offers 12-month mentored research fellowships in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) designed to address some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. The fellowship is available to U.S. pre- and post-doctoral students, as well as postdoctoral fellows from LMICs.

HBNU Fogarty Fellowship projects must be hosted by one of eighteen training sites across fourteen countries in Africa, Asia, and South America available through the Harvard-BU-Northwestern-UNM Consortium.. 

LEAD Global Training Program 
LEAD Global Training Program provides trainees from under-represented groups with the skills and hands-on experiences needed to lead multi-disciplinary, collaborative research teams focused on mental health disparities research in low-resource communities. Program options include a short-term summer training experience and a fulltime one- or two-year postdoctoral position. The LEAD Global Training Program is offered through the Washington University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and the International Center for Child Health and Development (ICHAD) at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Harvard School of Public Health T32 in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research 
The T32 in Psychiatric Genetics and Translational Research, led by Drs. Karestan Koenen, Deborah Blacker and JP Onnela, is seeking outstanding candidates for multiple post-doctoral positions for the 2022-2023 academic year at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This training program includes the Departments of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
 
Applications are due January 15th. 
 
The joint training program in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics educates promising post-doctoral trainees as epidemiological and biostatistical scientists in psychiatric research, with focus areas including: psychiatric genetics, digital phenotyping and analytical methods for translational research among other areas. Trainees can be quantitative scientists seeking specific research opportunities in mental health, or psychiatrists or psychologists seeking additional training in quantitative methods along with research experience. Training is customized to the needs of trainees, and can include coursework or a formal degree. Mentors are drawn from the Harvard-Chan faculty as well as Harvard Medical School faculty based at our partner hospitals including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and McLean Hospital.

Do you have something to share with the Global Mental Health community? Send an email to Juliana_restivo@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. If not indicated as a GMH@Harvard event or activity please reach out to the individual hosts. 

The newsletter is compiled by
Juliana Lynn Restivo MPH, Program Coordinator for the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative. Follow us on Twitter at @GMHatHarvard






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