Johns Hopkins Center for Global Mental Health
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Johns Hopkins Center for Global Mental Health
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Join us for a special session with Dr. Bibhav Acharya (UCSF) sharing evidence on a family-centered approach that engages key household members to reduce violence and support women’s mental health in homes affected by intimate partner violence.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Join us A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health!
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid | Washington, D.C., USA

Session Spotlight: Megatrends and Youth Mental Health

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October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join us A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health!
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid | Washington, D.C., USA

Session Spotlight: Setting the Stage for a Focus on Adolescent Mental Health Action: Implications and Opportunities of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing

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October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Join us for the U.S. launch of the 2nd #LancetCommission on Adolescent Health! 🌍💬
Oct 27–28 | Hybrid
Youth-led panel: From Evidence to Action — Centering Youth Voices in Mental Health Policy, Practice, and Research
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#YouthMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #MentalHealthMatters
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join us Oct 27–28 for the U.S. launch of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing.

Session: What’s the Situation? What Youth Need to Thrive?

The session will highlight insights from GEAS & GAGE on the mental health needs of youth throughout adolescence.

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October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Join us for the U.S. launch of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing—starting with a powerful panel on what the data says and where we go next.

📅 October 27 - 28, 2025
📍 Hybrid Event

#YouthMentalHealth #LancetCommission #PublicHealth #MentalHealthAction
October 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A Call to Action for Youth Mental Health! Join us Oct 27–28 in DC (or on Zoom) for the U.S. launch of The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing.

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#YouthMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #AdolescentHealth #LancetCommission #JohnsHopkins #MentalHealthMatters
October 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Meet our Faculty: Kathryn Falb, ScD, MHS, uses collaborative research to prevent violence against women, children, and marginalized groups, and to promote mental health in humanitarian settings. Before returning to academia, she was an embedded researcher in a global humanitarian organization.
June 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Meet our Faculty: Stephanie A. Skavenski, MPH, MSW is a global leader in scaling evidence-based mental health care in low-resource settings. She’s trained and implemented interventions in 20+ countries, and co-developed CETA, CETA Short, & CETA-BI. Stephanie is also a TF-CBT trainer.
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Meet our Faculty: Anna Garriott, MHS, MSW, is a licensed social worker focused on global mental health, program evaluation, and integrating evidence-based care into low-resource health systems. #MentalHealth #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
May 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Meet our Faculty: Cecilia Dedios, PhD, MA, LP, is a social & cultural psychologist and an assistant research professor in Mental Health. With expertise in participatory, mixed-method interventions, she studies how poverty, violence & political conflict shape youth mental health in LMICs.
May 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Doctoral candidate Augustina Mensa-Kwao will be speaking at the launch of A Call to Action: The Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing—a landmark report driving forward the adolescent health agenda. Tune in at 12pm ET: adolescentsourfuture.com/global-launc...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Meet our Faculty: Mansurat Raji, MPH is a Research Associate with over 10 years of experience in global health care and research. Her work spans adolescent well-being, HIV & mental health, and innovative task-shifting—bridging research and practice for lasting impact in underserved communities.
May 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Meet our Faculty: Zhiqing (Albert) Zhou, PhD, MA, is an associate Professor in Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He studies how workplace experiences shape mental health, well-being, and work-life balance.
May 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meet our Faculty: Molly E. Lasater, PhD, MPH, is a mixed methods researcher in International Health. She studies mental health and wellbeing in communities facing violence, migration, displacement, and climate change. #GlobalHealth #MentalHealth
May 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Meet our faculty: Kristie Metz, PhD, MA is a licensed clinical psychologist & expert in development/adaptation, effectiveness testing, and dissemination of evidence-based practices globally to underserved populations. She loves collaborating with global colleagues to make a difference.
April 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Meet our Faculty: Scott Hubbard is a longtime mental health researcher at Johns Hopkins since 1984. His research has focused on boosting school success by strengthening family-school ties. Additionally, Scott supports our Center and Department grant applications and is a published writer.
April 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Meet our faculty: Christopher Kemp (Ngāi Tahu), PhD, MPH is an implementation scientist focused on Indigenous health, mental health, HIV, and substance use. He works to strengthen health systems and supporting communities to deliver services that are responsive to local contexts and priorities.
April 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nature isn’t just nice—it’s necessary. Green space can ease stress, lift mood, and support youth mental health. Let’s invest in nature as infrastructure and make access to it a right, not a privilege. #EarthDay2025 #NatureHeals #SustainableMentalHealth #GreenPlanetHappyMinds #GreenSpaceMatters
April 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Meet our Faculty: Paul Bolton MB BS MPH MSc is a global mental health leader with 25+ years’ experience in program design, implementation, and evaluation across all world regions. He champions for stronger investment & quality in global mental health efforts.
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Meet our Faculty: Shoshanna Fine, PhD, MPH studies mental health and well-being among vulnerable adolescents, domestically and globally. Her mixed-methods work examines risk and protective factors and develops culturally appropriate prevention and intervention strategies for disadvantaged youth.
April 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Meet our faculty: Pamela Surkan, PhD, ScD is a social epidemiologist and mixed-methods researcher who focuses on women's and children's mental health. Through global collaboration, she studies perinatal disorders, postpartum depression interventions, and adapting interventions for migrant distress.
April 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Meet our faculty: Sarah Murray, PhD, MSPH is a psychiatric epidemiologist, assistant professor, and co-directs our Global Mental Health T32. Her mixed-methods research studies links between violence, stigma, and mental disorders for pregnant individuals, parents, and sexual/gender minorities.
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Meet our Faculty: Judy Bass, PhD, MPH, MIA is a Professor & Vice Chair in the Department of Mental Health. She leads global research training, directs an NIMH T32 program, and designs field-based studies to improve mental health interventions and strategies.
April 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Meet our faculty: Pamela Collins, MD, MPH is a Bloomberg Centennial Professor and Chair of the Department of Mental Health. Her global work focuses on HIV and mental health care integration, tech-driven services in Ghana, and youth mental health - across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the U.S.
April 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM