Other Positions
Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine
Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Global Health and Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
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Awards and Honors
Posey Global Leadership Award
Austin College
Pardes Humanitarian Prize
Brain and Behaviour Foundation
Officer of the British Empire
UK Government
Social Enterpreneur of the Year
Asian Awards
Chanchlani Global Health Prize
McMaster University
100 most influential persons in the world
Time Magazine
Principal Research Fellowship
Wellcome Trust
Honorary Doctorate
Georgetown University
Sarnat Medal
National Academy of Medicine (US)
Chalmers Medal
Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (UK)
Fellowship
Academy of Medical Sciences (UK)
Bibliography
Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendations.
Patel V, Saxena S, Lund C, Kohrt B, Kieling C, Sunkel C, Kola L, Chang O, Charlson F, O'Neill K, Herrman H.
Lancet. 2023 08 19. 402(10402):656-666. PMID: 37597892
A historic opportunity for universal health coverage in India.
Patel V, Bhadada S, Mazumdar-Shaw K, Mukherji A, Khanna T, Kang G.
Lancet. 2022 08 13. 400(10351):475-477. PMID: 35964597
Scale up task-sharing of psychological therapies.
Patel V.
Lancet. 2022 01 22. 399(10322):343-345. PMID: 34929197
A pilot study to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of training mental health workers in India to select case-specific intervention procedures within a dynamic modular treatment designed for a low-resource setting.
Knudsen KS, Becker KD, Guan K, Gellatly R, Patel VH, Malik K, Boustani MM, Mathur S, Chorpita BF.
J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 08. 28(4):531-541. PMID: 34622536
Mental health research funding: too little, too inequitable, too skewed.
Patel V.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2021 03. 8(3):171-172. PMID: 33242399
Design process and protocol description for a multi-problem mental health intervention within a stepped care approach for adolescents in India.
Chorpita BF, Daleiden EL, Malik K, Gellatly R, Boustani MM, Michelson D, Knudsen K, Mathur S, Patel VH.
Behav Res Ther. 2020 10. 133:103698. PMID: 32858304
The moral case for global mental health delivery.
Patel V, Farmer PE.
Lancet. 2020 01 11. 395(10218):108-109. PMID: 31950898
Achieving universal health coverage for mental disorders.
Patel V, Saxena S.
BMJ. 2019 Sep 23. 366:l4516. PMID: 31548204
Psychological treatments for depression among women experiencing intimate partner violence: findings from a randomized controlled trial for behavioral activation in Goa, India.
Patel AR, Weobong B, Patel VH, Singla DR.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2019 12. 22(6):779-789. PMID: 31363925
News
Wafaie Fawzi, Vikram Patel, John Quackenbush elected to National Academy of Medicine
Harvard Chan School faculty members Wafaie Fawzi, Vikram Patel, and John Quackenbush were elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Cash, basic treatment can improve mental health of people in poverty
Poverty and mental illness can go hand in hand, with financial troubles leading to depression and anxiety, which in turn can make it difficult for people to succeed financially.
Charting a path to universal health care in India
A new commission jointly organized by The Lancet medical journal and Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute is studying how to bring universal health care to India within a decade.
Colleges can help address students’ ‘sense of hopelessness’
The current social and political climate can give college students a sense of hopelessness.
Why ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the U.S.
November 26, 2019 – Since 2005, many leading causes of death, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, and lung disease, have been decreasing. But deaths from drugs, alcohol, and suicide—what some call “deaths of despair”—have been on the rise.…
