Director and Faculty
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Judy Bass, MPH, PhD
Dr. Bass is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Mental Health with a secondary appointment in the Center for Humanitarian Health. Her areas of expertise include (a) designing and evaluating methods for assessing mental health in non-Western cultures, and (b) investigating the effectiveness of innovative prevention and intervention strategies in collaboration with in-country service providers. Dr. Bass’ interests also include the interconnectedness of mental health and economic development, with a goal of understanding how interventions and programs addressing each of these domains can be integrated to better improve health and well-being.
Dr. Bass has worked to train and build the capacity of global mental health researchers through ongoing research projects and this NIMH program for pre- and post-doctoral fellows. Her excellence in mentorship and teaching has been recognized with several awards:
2016 Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA) for Outstanding Service by the Student Association of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2014 Global Health Faculty Advising Award by the Center for Global Health of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2013 Golden Apple award for Excellence in Teaching by the Student Association of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2012 Advising, Mentoring & Teaching Recognition Award (AMTRA) for Outstanding Service by the Student Association of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
JHU Faculty | Department | Global Mental Health or Content Area Expertise |
Paul Bolton, MBBS, MPH | International Health and Center for Humanitarian Health | Applied methods for needs assessments, design of locally feasible and effective interventions, and evaluation of their impact; refugees and internally displaced persons during and post disaster, and other persons affected by violence and living in difficult circumstances |
Mary Cwik, PhD, MA | International Health ad Center for American Indian Health | Developing emergency department interventions for suicidal youth on Indian reservations; adapting and individualizing treatment to prevent youth suicide based on cultural and co-morbid issues among American Indians; and improving service delivery and utilization for youth at risk for suicide |
Joe Gallo, MD, MPH | Mental Health | Mixed (qualitative and quantitative) methods expertise for studying improve compliance with treatment and effectiveness of mental health interventions; natural helping networks |
Alden Gross, PhD, MHS | Epidemiology | Specialist in statistical methods for analyzing complex data sets including structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling in clinical trials, methods for accounting for missing data, and latent variable analytic techniques |
Emily Haroz, PhD, MHS | Mental Health | Implementation and sustainability of mental health treatment and suicide prevention programs, measurement of mental health concepts across cultures using advanced statistical methods |
Kristin Hurley, PhD, MPH | International Health | Relationship between maternal mental health and maternal and child nutritional status, responsive feeding and child growth, and maternal and child micronutrient status and child development |
Jeremy Kane, PhD, MPH | Mental Health | Epidemiology and intervention research on alcohol/substance use among HIV- and trauma-affected populations in low- and middle-income countries and refugee and immigrant populations in the U.S.; impact of migration and acculturation on substance/alcohol use |
Catherine Lee, PhD, MPH | International Health | Applied methods for design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based psychosocial and mental health interventions and supporting research for populations affected by conflict and displacement |
Tamar Mendelson, PhD | Mental Health | Gender, class and racial/ethnic disparities in depression; social risk factors for mental health; depression prevention; needs assessments and intervention research for trauma-affected youth |
Laura Murray, PhD | Mental Health | Evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and families, with a particular focus on trauma and grief; assessment of mental and behavioral health, and adapting and testing evidence-based mental health interventions in low-resource countries |
Sarah Murray, PhD, MSPH | Mental Health | Mixed methods formative and effectiveness research with a focus on interventions targeting poor mental health, intimate partner violence, and stigma for conflict-affected and HIV-affected populations globally |
Pamela Surkan, PhD, ScD | International Health | Social determinants of health; the role of maternal mental health, social support and familial environment on early growth and child development |
Wietse Tol, PhD, MSc | Mental Health | Research using mixed methods to investigate mental health promotion and preventive strategies; intersection of mental health and violence prevention |
Peter Winch, MD, MPH | International Health | Research on social, cultural and behavioral factors related to health of mothers, newborns and young children in areas where access to health facilities is poor or non-existent |
Affiliate Faculty | Institution | Global Mental Health or Content Area Expertise |
Maureen Black, PhD | University of Maryland | Maternal mental health and child development in LMIC; current NIH funding focuses on nutrition and child development and intervention trials examining promotion of children’s health and development |
Mark Jordans, PhD | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK | Research focuses on development, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial and mental health care in fragile states, especially for children in adversity in Nepal, Burundi, Sudan, Indonesia, Pakistan, DR Congo and Sri Lanka. Director of Research for Healthnet TPO a Dutch Aid Agency |
Charlotte Hanlon, BM, MS, PhD | Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | Research on epidemiology and public health impact of maternal mental health in Ethiopia; current director of the psychiatric epidemiology doctoral training program in the department of psychiatry at Addis Ababa University |
Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD | George Washington University | Research focusing on populations affected by war-related trauma, chronic poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to healthcare and education; currently working on anti-stigma campaigns and family psycho-education programs for mental health problems in low-income countries |
Crick Lund, PhD | Kings College, UK | Expert in the field of poverty and mental illness; CEO of the UK DFID funded Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) consortium of research institutions and Ministries of Health in five countries in Asia and Africa |
Atif Rahman, MD PhD | University of Liverpool, UK | Expert in the field of maternal mental health and poor child outcomes; developed and tested community-based complex interventions for maternal depression and child development in Pakistan |
Graham Thornicroft, MB, BS, PhD | Kings Cross College, UK | Research expertise include stigma and discrimination, development of outcome scales, cost effectiveness evaluation of mental health treatments, and mental health services in low-income countries; expert in dissemination and implementation research |
Mark Tomlinson, PhD | Stellenbosch University, South Africa | Epidemiological work investigating associations between postpartum depression and mother-infant relationship, and impact of postpartum depression on infant and child development; currently focusing on health system challenges of scaling up services for infants and children |
Mark Van Ommeren, PhD, MA | World Health Organization | WHO focal point for mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies; key role in drafting IASC Guidelines, Sphere Standards, WHO guidelines and clinical protocols, and WHO assessment tools |