ICHAD and SMART Africa Centers receive funding to support Ugandan researchers

A $1.5 million grant, the “Child Mental Health in HIV-impacted Low-Resource Settings in Developing Countries: Global Research Fellowship” (CHILD-GRF) will provide state-of-the-art training for 18 early-career researchers in Uganda to strengthen the capacity of research institutions to address HIV/AIDS and its burden on child and adolescent mental health. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, […]

The T37 LEAD Global Fellowship Program accepting applications

The T37 LEAD Global Fellowship Program is accepting applications for a 1 to 2-year postdoctoral fellow. The LEAD Global Fellowship supports trainees from underrepresented groups committed to conducting health research, with a specific focus on global mental health prevention, intervention, services, and implementation research within resource-constrained settings. Eligible candidates must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, […]

Dr. Kurt Dirks discusses building trust at the ICHAD and SMART Africa February speaker series

In February, the ICHAD and SMART Africa teams welcomed Kurt Dirks, the Vice-Chancellor of International Affairs and the Bank of America Professor of Leadership to speak about “Developing Trust: Implications across Different Cultures.” In his engaging talk, we learned that while different cultures may have varying degrees on which trust is built (in India, this […]

ICHAD, SMART Africa, and Brown School Career Services workshop series for African Students

This month’s Career workshop series for African Students was focused on Awareness of Cultural Differences. The discussion included sharing experiences about cultural differences based on beliefs, language, behavior, practice, biases and what impact this had. The group brainstorms ideas on how to address these impacts. Understanding different communication styles that are uniform to most cultures […]