Meet Our Research Team

Cheenar Shah is a first-year MFA Transdisciplinary Design student at the Parsons School of Design, focusing on the collaborative, systems-oriented...

Manaswi Sangraula currently works as the Assistant Director of Research at The New School's Trauma and Global Mental Health Lab. She received a Masters in Public Health...

Alastair van Heerden, PhD, MSc, is Director of the Centre for Community Based Research at the Human Sciences Research...

Katie Stimler is a current graduate student in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at George Washington University working towards becoming a future physician...

Wilfred Gwaikolo is a public health professional with over 12 years of experience in program management and evaluation...

Adam Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology and Vice Provost for Research. He is a clinical psychologist whose research focuses on identifying psychological...

Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD, holds the Charles and Sonia Akman Professorship in Global Psychiatry at George Washington University...

Elizabeth (Liz) Turner, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and in the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) at Duke University.

Dr Muralikrishnan R Kartha is a Senior Research Fellow (Health Economics)...

Samantha Bakke is a second-year psychology MA student at The New School for Social Research. She received her BA in psychology at Binghamton University...

Dr. Emily Schutzenhofer is a PGY-3 resident and rising Chief Resident in the George Washington Psychiatry...

Arslan Rahman is a manager of strategic partnerships at the NYC Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health with a focus on...

Kendall Pfeffer, MEd, MA, is a second-year clinical psychology PhD student at The New School...

Chynere Best, PhD is a Senior Research Associate in the Global Mental Health Equity Lab at George Washington...