Global Mental Health

Our People & Collaborators

Judith Bass, MPH, MIA, PhD

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

Flor Rojas, MPH

Research Associate, Department of Mental Health

Matthew Schojan, BA

Research Associate, Department of Mental Health

Stephanie Skavenski van Wyck, MSW, MPH

Research Associate, Department of Mental Health

Literature Review

Learning from global research and practice.

Literature Review of the Evidence for Psychosocial Support Programs in Low-Resource Humanitarian Settings (2016-2018)

Funder(s): United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

Preventing and reducing intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries through mental health interventions: a systematic review (2017-2018)

Funder(s): Wellspring
Partner(s): University of Cape Town

Prospero registration: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?ID=CRD42017064660.

Characterizing the adverse health outcomes of stigma for high-burden diseases across low-and middle-income countries (2017-2018)

Funder: NIH/Fogarty International Center

Addressing Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders among Refugees: A Desk Review of Prevention and Treatment Approaches (2017-2018)

Funder: UNHCR

Monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support programs in humanitarian settings: A scoping review (2017-2018)

Funding: UNICEF

Impact of maternal mental health interventions on child-related outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017-2018)

Funding: Action Contre La Faim

Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for reduced alcohol misuse in low- and middle-income countries (2017-2018)

Funding: Multiple sources

Systematic review of moderators of treatment impact of evidence-based psychotherapy on common mental disorders

Funding: National Institute of Mental Health

Prospero registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=58387.

Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in Congolese refugee survivors of gender-based violence: A desk review (2016)

Funding: R2HC

URL: https://app.mhpss.net/?get=294/mental-health-and-psychosocial-wellbeing-in-congolese-refugee-survivors-of-gender-based-violence.pdf.

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Ecuador Earthquake Desk Review of Existing Information with Relevance to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (2016)

URL: https://app.mhpss.net/?get=294/ecuador-earthquake-mhpss-desk-review-final_english_19.07.2016.pdf.

Troya MI, Greene MC, Santos CG, Shultz JM (2016). Conducting a desk review to inform mental health and psychosocial support repsponse to the 2016 Ecuador earthquake. Disaster Health, 3(4): 90-101.

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2015). Nepal Earthquakes Desk Review of Existing Information with Relevance to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (2015)

URL: https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/system/files/20150622_nepal_earthquakes_mhpss_desk_review_150619.pdf