This webinar will feature tested mental health interventions as illustrative examples within a broader discussion on integration and sustainability. Cohosted by Columbia Global Centers and Columbia World Projects, it will highlight community-based organizations that have partnered with Columbia University, providing a platform to present practical, short-term, and low-cost interventions implemented in mobile and humanitarian settings.
The 90-minute discussion will explore how partners adopt evidence-based interventions, integrate them into existing operations, and sustain them over time.
Moderator and Framing Remarks
- Lena Helen Verdeli, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, Teachers College; Founder and Director, Teachers College Global Mental Health Lab
- Peter Ventevogel, UNHCR Senior Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist
Columbia University Panelists
- Sabrina Hermosilla, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University
- Claire Greene, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University
- Charles Branas, Gelman Professor of Epidemiology and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University
- Manaswi Sangraula, Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University
Community Partner Panelists
- Timothy Opobo (The AfriChild Centre), Executive Director;
- Clare Bangirana (The AfriChild Centre), Director, Research and Knowledge Development
- Pavel Reppo (Finemind), Co-founder & Executive Director
- Camilo Ramirez (HIAS), Country Director, Colombia
- Ahmad Bawaneh (International Medical Corps), Country Director, Jordan
- Nurys Morin (Veneactiva), Vice President, Peru
- Evangelia Ntzani (University of Ioannina), Professor and head of the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine
- Alka Jarga Magar, Research Officer, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO), Nepal
