Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health (primary), and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Paul Bolton, MB, BS, MPH, MSc
Senior Scientist, Department of International Health (primary), Department of Mental Health, and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Emily Haroz, MA, MHS, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Department of Mental Health (primary), and the Center for American Indian Health
Geetha Jayaram, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry (primary), Department of Health Policy and Management, and the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety
Jeremy Kane, MPH, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Department of Mental Health (primary), and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Catherine Lee, MPH, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Department of International Health (primary), and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Laura Murray, PhD
Associate Scientist, Department of Mental Health (primary), Department of International Health, and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Sarah Murray, MSPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health (primary), and the Center for Humanitarian Health
Pamela Surkan, ScD
Associate Professor, Department of International Health (primary), Department of Health, Behavior and Society, and Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Wietse Tol, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health (primary), and the Center for Humanitarian Health; Program Director Peter C. Alderman Foundation
Larry Wissow, MD, MPH
Professor of Community Psychiatry, School of Medicine (primary), and JHSPH Departments of Mental Health, Epidemiology, International Health, and Health, Behavior and Society
Kristina Metz, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Quincy Moore, MPH
Research Associate, Department of Mental Health
Sarah Porter, MHS
(Website Admin) Research Program Coordinator, Department of Mental Health
Developing, adapting and testing instruments to assess mental health, psychosocial, and related problems.
Testing of implementation science measures for consumers and providers of mental health services in Ukraine (2016-2017)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Victims of Torture (VOT)
Partner(s): National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)
Development and adaptation of instruments to assess psychological distress, intimate partner violence and functional impairment in Congolese women in Nyarugusu refugee camp (2015-2016)
Funder(s): Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC), Department for International Development (DFID, Wellcome Trust)
Partner(s): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)
Testing of mental health assessments among IDP and veterans in east Ukraine (2016)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Victims of Torture (VOT)
Partner(s): National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)
Doty SB, Haroz EE, Singh NS, Bodganov S, Bass JK, Murray LK, Callaway KL & Bolton PA. Development and validation of an assessment for mental health and alcohol use problems among conflict-affected people in Ukraine. [under review at Conflict and Health]
Pilot testing of implementation science measures for use in global mental health (2013-2015)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Victims of Torture (VOT)
Partner(s): Social Action for Women, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Heartland Alliance; WCHAN
Expansion of The Common Elements Treatment Approach for Survivors of Torture and Violence in Thailand, Burma, and Iraq and associated research. USAID Victims of Torture Fund Extension Phase Final Report (2015)
Adaptation and Validation of Mental Health Assessments for Displaced Myanmar adults living in Thailand (2010-2013)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Victims of Torture (VOT)
Partner(s): Burma Border Projects, Mae Tao Clinic, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Social Action for Women
Haroz, E. E., Bass, J. K., Lee, C., Murray, L. K., Robinson, C., & Bolton, P. (2014). Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border. BMC psychology, 2(1), 31.
Developing a measurement tool to assess mental and behavioral health problems of Somali Children living in refugee camps in Ethiopia (2012)
Funder(s): Gates Foundation
Partner(s): International Rescue Committee
Hall, B. J., Puffer, E., Murray, L. K., Ismael, A., Bass, J. K., Sim, A., & Bolton, P. A. (2014). The importance of establishing reliability and validity of assessment instruments for mental health problems: An example from Somali children and adolescents living in three refugee camps in Ethiopia. Psychological Injury and Law, 7(2), 153–164. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12207-014-9188-9
Validation and process evaluations of mental health, substance and alcohol use assessments and HIV risk behaviors among among orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) (2012)
Funder(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Kane, J. C., Murray, L. K., Bass, J. K., Johnson, R. M., & Bolton, P. (2016). Validation of a substance and alcohol use assessment instrument among orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). Drug and alcohol dependence, 166, 85-92. Kane, J., Murray, L., Sughrue, S., DeMulder, J., Skavenski van Wyk, S., Queenan, J., . . . Bolton, P. (2016). Process and implementation of Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) assessments in low resource settings: A case example from Zambia. Global Mental Health,3. doi:10.1017/gmh.2016.19 Murray SM, Bolton P, Kane J, Lakin DP, Skavenski Wyk S, Paul, R, Murray L (under review). Measuring symptoms of psychopathology in Zambian orphans and vulnerable children: Scale validation and psychometric evaluation. Kane, J. C., Bolton, P., Murray, S. M., Bass, J. K., Lakin, D., Whetten, K., ... & Murray, L. K. (2017). Psychometric evaluation of HIV risk behavior assessments using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) among orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia. AIDS care, 1-8.
Validation of the UCLA Child Post traumatic stress disorder-reaction index in Zambia (2011)
Funder(s): National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Partner(s): One-Stop Centre, Lusaka, Zambia
Murray, L. K., Dorsey, S., Bolton, P., Jordans, M. J., Rahman, A., Bass, J., & Verdeli, H. (2011). Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: an apprenticeship model for training local providers. International journal of mental health systems, 5(1), 30.
Development of psychosocial well-being assessment tools for Iraqi refugee adolescents and their parents currently living in and around Amman, Jordan (2009)
Funder(s): International Medical Corps (IMC), US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)
Partner(s): International Medical Corps (IMC)
Measuring psychosocial problems among urban street children and children living in government institutions in Georgia (2008)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF)
Partner(s): World Vision
Bolton P, Murray L, Kippen S, Bass J. (2007) Assessment of urban street children and children living in government institutions in Georgia: development and testing of a locally-adapted psychosocial assessment instrument. USAID Development Clearinghouse: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnadk676.pdf
Adapting standard measures of trauma, depression and anxiety symptoms along with measures of shame and hope of trafficked and/or exploited girls who had been rescued and were living in transition shelters in and around Phnom Penh, Cambodia (2007)
Funder(s): World Vision
Partner(s): World Vision
Bass, J., Bolton, P., & Bearup, L. (2010). Assessment of Trafficked and Abused Girls living in Shelters in Cambodia: Development and Testing of a Locally-Adapted Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (pp. 1-46, Rep.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Evaluation of mental health and functioning monitoring tools for IRC’s ongoing clinic-based services for survivors of gender-based violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (2006)
Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Victims of Torture (VOT), World Bank
Partner(s): International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Danuta Lockett and Paul Bolton. ‘Victims of Torture Fund Evaluation of the IRC Gender Based Violence Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Final Report.’ Bukavu DRC and Washington DC. May, 2009.
Validation of perinatal mental health assessments among women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (2005)
Funder(s): National Institute of Health (NIH) Fogarty
Bass, J. K., Ryder, R. W., Lammers, M. C., Mukaba, T. N., & Bolton, P. A. (2008). Post‐partum depression in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: Validation of a concept using a mixed‐methods cross‐cultural approach. Tropical medicine & international health, 13(12), 1534-1542.
Validation of a locally-developed measure of common mental health problems among Adolescents in Northern Uganda (2005)
Funder(s): World Vision Uganda, War Child Holland
Partner(s): World Vision Uganda, War Child Holland
Betancourt, T. S., Bass, J., Borisova, I., Neugebauer, R., Speelman, L., Onyango, G., & Bolton, P. (2009). Assessing local instrument reliability and validity: a field-based example from northern Uganda. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 44(8), 685-692.
Methods for developing and testing locally-valid mental health and function assessments (2001)