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

  • Laila Asmal

    MBChB, MSc, PhD

    Co-Chair, Research Working Group

  • Michelle P. Durham

    MD, MPH, FAPA, DFAACAP

    Chair, Training & Education Working Group

  • Senait Ghebrehiwet

    MPH, PMP

    AGMHI Program Director

  • Siki Gwanya-Mdletye

    MBChB, DOM, DMH, MSc, FCPsych

    Chair, Advocacy & Policy Working Group

  • S'thembile Phindile Promise Jili

    AGMHI Administrative Assistant

  • Silvia Kemunto

    MBChB, MMed Psych, MIT DS ML

    Co-Lead, Partnership Development

  • Anusha Lachman

    MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed Psych, Cert Child Psych, MPhil, PhD

    Co-Chair, Clinical Care Delivery Working Group

  • Munyaradzi Madhombiro

    MBChB, DMH, MMed Psych, PhD

    Co-Chair, Research Working Group

  • Saeeda Paruk

    MBChB, FCPsych, MMed Psych, Cert Child Psych, PhD

    Co-Chair, Clinical Care Delivery Working Group

  • Fadwha Patel

    AGMHI Research Mentorship Program Coordinator

  • Mvuyiso Talatala

    MBChB, FCPsych, MMed Psych

    Co-Lead, Partnership Development

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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