Author: Moiyattu Banya, PhD Student

What Does Community Based Research Have to do with it? Experiences from the field Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone Bonthe District

I had the opportunity to travel to Bonthe District in Sierra Leone to participate in a pilot study by Research Program on Children and Adversity (RCPA) in partnership with Caritas Freetown, Tulane University, Boston College, Kenema Government Hospital Sierra Leone and the University of Makeni Sierra Leone. The study entailed collecting data for 12 families […]

What does Community Based Research have to do with it? 3 takeaways from Sierra Leone

The opportunity to come to Sierra Leone, my country of origin, this summer as a LEAD fellow is critical for my journey as an emerging global mental health researcher.  There’s always something about being in one’s country of origin i.e. home and having the opportunity to learn. I was born in Sierra Leone and fled […]