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Our Team
Meet the AGMHI’s team.
Co-Directors
Bonginkosi Chiliza, MD, FC Psych, PhD
Co-Director
Associate Professor, Chief Specialist & Head of the Department of Psychiatry, University of KwaZulu-Natal
David C. Henderson, MD
Co-Director
Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center
AGMHI Team
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Laila Asmal
MBChB, MSc, PhD
Co-Chair, Research Working Group
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Michelle Durham
MD, MPH, FAPA, DFAACAP
Chair, Training & Education Working Group
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Senait Ghebrehiwet
MPH, PMP
AGMHI Program Director
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Siki Gwanya-Mdletye
MBChB, DOM, DMH, MSc, FCPsych
Chair, Advocacy & Policy Working Group
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S'thembile Phindile Promise Jili
AGMHI Administrative Assistant
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Anusha Lachman
MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed Psych, Cert Child Psych, MPhil, PhD
Co-Chair, Clinical Care Delivery Working Group
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Munyaradzi Madhombiro
MBChB, DMH, MMed Psych, PhD
Co-Chair, Research Working Group
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Saeeda Paruk
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed Psych, Cert Child Psych, PhD
Co-Chair, Clinical Care Delivery Working Group
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Fadwha Patel
AGMHI Research Mentorship Program Coordinator
Steering Committee
The AGMHI Steering Committee (pictured above) was formulated following the 3rd AGMHI conference in 2019 and provided strategic guidance, vision, and oversight to the institute and its working groups.
Lukoye Atwoli, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD
Christina P.C. Borba, PhD, MPH
Lori Chibnik, PhD
Michelle P. Durham, MD, MPH
Teshome Kelkile, MD, PhD
Anusha Lachman, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD
Munyaradzi Madhombiro, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD
Noeline Nakasujja, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD
Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, MBChB, MMed Psych
Micaela Owusu, MD, MSc
Malveeka Sharma, MD, MPH
Mvuyiso Talatala, MBChB, MMed Psych
Solomon Teferra, MD, PhD
Senior Advisors
David Ndetei, MD, PhD
Eliot Sorel, MD
Gregory Fricchione, MD
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