Agenda - Transformative Opportunities for Solving the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health

SECURITY CLEARANCE AND REGISTRATION

WELCOME

Joshua Gordon, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), USA
Karlee Silver, Grand Challenges Canada
Pamela Y. Collins, NIMH, USA
Beverly Pringle, NIMH, USA

PLENARY 1: Meeting Global Mental Health Priorities: Research, Policy & Practice

Speaker:
Shekhar Saxena, World Health Organization, Switzerland

PLENARY 2: The Complexity of Getting to Root Causes in a Global Context

Moderator:
Vikram Patel, Harvard University, USA

Speakers:
Karestan Koenen, Harvard University, USA
Atif Rahman, University of Liverpool, UK
Theresa Betancourt, Harvard University, USA
Emily Mendenhall, Georgetown University, USA

BREAK

Platforms for Prevention and Mental Health Promotion – School-based interventions

Moderator:
Eve Reider, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, USA

Speakers: 
Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Keng-Yen Huang, New York University, USA
Bahr Weiss, Vanderbilt University, USA
Larry Wissow, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Intervening in Psychosis - What have we learned? What comes next?

Moderator: Bob Heinssen, NIMH, USA

Speakers:
Ashok Malla, McGill University, Canada
Daniel Mamah, Washington University, USA
Ezra Susser, Columbia University, USA
Charlene Sunkel, South African Federation of Mental Health, South Africa

LUNCHTIME: Roundtables for Early Career Investigators

Speaker:
Sarah Morris, NIMH, USA

Measuring Clinical Outcomes for Prevention and Care

Moderator:
Atalay Alem, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Speakers:
Crick Lund, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Laura Murray, Johns Hopkins University, USA

BREAK

Capitalizing on Digital Intervention Platforms for Promotion, Prevention, & Care

Moderator:
Makeda Williams, NIMH, USA

Speakers:
Lisa Marsch, Dartmouth College, USA
Jeff Olivet, Center for Social Innovation, USA
Paulo Menezes, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

ADJOURN

REGISTRATION

Neuroscience in the Global Mental Health Context:  A Conversation

Moderator:
Ishmael Amarreh, NIMH, USA

Speaker:
Maria Oquendo, University of Pennsylvania and American Psychiatric Association, USA

Discussants:
Brandon Kohrt, Duke University, USA Joan Chiao, Northwestern University, USA

Achieving Public Health Impact: The Promise of Implementation Science for Mental Health Care Integration

Moderator:
Susan Meffert, University of California San Francisco, USA

Speaker:
Kathryn Whetten, Duke University, USA
Dixon Chibanda, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Inge Petersen, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Generating and Sustaining Global Mental Health Researchers Worldwide

Moderator:
Judy Bass, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Speaker:
Walter Mangezi, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Muthoni Mathai, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Elliot Sorel, George Washington University, USA
Bibiola Oladeji, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Lauren Ng, Boston University, USA
Beverly Pringle, NIMH, USA

Answering Pressing Questions with Large-Scale Population Cohorts & Data Integration

Moderator:
Greg Farber, NIMH, USA

Speaker:
Greg Farber, NIMH, USA
Kathleen Pike, Columbia University, USA
Angela Parcesepe, Columbia University, USA

Beyond Research: Global Mental Health Practice

Moderator:
Karlee Silver, Grand Challenges Canada

Speaker:
Claudina Cayetano, Pan American Health Organization, USA
Kari Frame, StrongMinds, USA
Stephen Alderman, Peter C. Alderman Foundation, USA
Erin Michalak, University of British Columbia, Canada

Closing Remarks