Global Minds, Local Insights: Mental Health Research Scholar Series

Global Minds, Local Insights is a speaker 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.

  • Dr. Nicki Dawson

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    Decolonizing Infant Mental Health for South Africa: Contextual and Community-Based Approaches

  • Prof. Bonga Chiliza, PhD, MBChB, FC Psych

    Durban, South Africa

    An adaptation of BREATHE (a brief psychological intervention) for people with trauma and serious mental illness in Southern Africa

  • Dr. Lukoye Atwoli, MBS, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD

    Nairobi, Kenya

    Overview of the Mental Health landscape in Kenya

  • Dr. Victor Cruz, MD, MS

    Lima, Peru

    Child Adversity and Psychosis: Findings from the Peruvian National Survey of Mental Health, 2022

  • Prof Benjamin Harris, MD, DPM

    Monrovia, Liberia

    Development of Liberia's Mental Health Policy and Commencement of Postgraduate Residency Training in Psychiatry

  • Dr. Laila Asmal

    Cape Town, South Africa


    The Urban African Neighborhood and Psychosis

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 06/21/2022

    Psychiatrist; Head of Training and Research

    Mirembe Mental Health Hospital

  • Dr. Brandon Kohrt 04/19/2022

    Director of the Division of Global Mental Health & Professor

    Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University

  • Dr. Teshome Kelkile - 03/21/2022

    Adjunct Professor

    Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University and Addis Ababa University

  • Dr. Daisy Singla - 02/22/2022

    Clinical Scientist & Assistant Professor

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

  • Drs. Amelia Stanton & Maria Prom - 01/05/2021

    T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellows

    BUMC-MGH Global Psychiatry Clinical Research Training Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 12/14/2021 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