Webcast: Addressing mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa as healthcare systems brace for a battering, 4/22/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfnTCYjMLc About this forum In this forum, Drs. Karestan Koenen and Bizu Gelaye host Dr. Bonga Chiliza from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and Dr. Edith Kwobah from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya to…
Webcast: COVID-19, How to Avoid Chronic Sleep Problems Before They Get Started, 4/15/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_K4LKYRwc4 About this forum In this online forum, Dr. Karestan Koenen hosts Dr. Donn Posner, president of Sleepwell Consultants, to address changes and concerns related to sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Posner shows how acute insomnia can…
Webcast: How the Discomfort of Grief Can Help Us: Recognizing and Adapting to Loss During the COVID-19 Outbreak, 4/8/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4n1lrGobok About this forum Dr. Karestan Koenen welcomes Dr. Kathy Shear from the Center of Complicated Grief at Columbia University to join Drs. Christy Denckla and Archana Basu for an online discussion on ways to foster adaptation to…
New program aims to increase diversity in doctoral programs at Harvard Chan School
A pilot pipeline program initiated by Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams aims to enroll more underrepresented students in the School and provide them with a strong foundation toward studying for a doctoral degree.
Study looks at psychiatric genetics in African populations
The NeuroGAP-Psychosis study, launched last fall by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and partner institutions in Africa, is the first large-scale psychiatric genetics study of African populations.
