Global Minds, Local Insights is a mental health research scholar series within the Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Experts are invited from around the globe to spend time at Boston Medical Center and share their research and form new partnerships.
Global Minds, Local Insights
Decolonizing Infant Mental Health for South Africa: Contextual and Community-Based Approaches
— Dr. Nicki Dawson
Johannesburg, South Africa
An Adaptation of BREATHE (a Brief Psychological Intervention) for People with Trauma and Serious Mental Illness in Southern Africa
— Prof. Bonga Chiliza, PhD, MBChB, FC Psych
Durban, South Africa
Overview of the Mental Health Landscape in Kenya
— Dr. Lukoye Atwoli, MBS, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD
Nairobi, Kenya
Child Adversity and Psychosis: Findings from the Peruvian National Survey of Mental Health, 2022
— Dr. Victor Cruz, MD, MS
Lima, Peru
Development of Liberia's Mental Health Policy and Commencement of Postgraduate Residency Training in Psychiatry
— Prof. Benjamin Harris, MD, DPM
Monrovia, Liberia
The Urban African Neighborhood and Psychosis
— Dr. Laila Asmal
Cape Town, South Africa
GLCMHD Global Dinner Speaker Series (2021-2022)
A collaborative series highlighting speakers from around the world who are conducting innovative work in the field of global mental health.
Dr. Innocent Mwombeki
Psychiatrist; Head of Training and Research
Mirembe Mental Health Hospital
Dr. Brandon Kohrt
Director of the Division of Global Mental Health & Professor
Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University
Dr. Teshome Kelkile
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University and Addis Ababa University
Dr. Daisy Singla
Clinical Scientist & Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Drs. Amelia Stanton & Maria Prom
T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellows
BUMC-MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Training Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Erik Simmons
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research Program, Children and Adversity, Boston College School of Social Work
Dr. Resham Gellatly
Postdoctoral Fellow
Immigrant and Refugee Center and the Dept. of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center
Dr. Saeeda Paruk
Senior Lecturer and Child Psychiatrist
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and King Dinuzulu Hospital, Durban