Where We Work

Table of Projects and Partnerships

Africa

Ethiopia

Developing a screening and referral system for mental health problems among internally displaced persons in Ethiopia

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: internally displaced, qualitative, practitioners

Mozambique

Adapting the Suicide Safety Planning Intervention for Delivery to Adolescents in Mozambican Primary Care Settings

Faculty: Kate Lovero
Keywords: intervention, suicide, adolescents

Implementing integrated care for adolescent depression within primary care clinics of Mozambique

Faculty: Kate Lovero
Keywords: implementation, group interpersonal therapy, adolescents

Nigeria

Intrepid III Plus PSYMAP (International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings and PSYchosis MAPping)

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: incidence, treatment, psychotic disorders

South Africa

A randomized trial of ImpACT+, a coping intervention to improve clinical and mental health outcomes among HIV-infected women with sexual trauma in South Africa

Faculty: Kathy Sikkema
Keywords: coping, sexual trauma, clinical trial

Asenze Cohort

Faculty: Jeremy Kane
Keywords: cohort study, youth, neuro-development

Critical Time Intervention for people being discharged from psychiatric hospitals

Faculty: Ezra Susser

Genomics of Schizohrenia in South African Xhosa

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: genome-wide copy number variant analysis, schizophrenia

Intrepid III Plus PSYMAP (International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings and PSYchosis MAPping)

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: incidence, treatment, psychotic disorders

Tanzania

Integrated intervention for mental health and IPV among Congolese refugees in Tanzania

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: IPV, refugees, feasibility trial

Uganda

Columbia World Projects - Developing and implementing arts education curricula for integration in school and community settings in Kyangwali refugee settlement

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: arts education, refugee, pilot testing

Improving the mental health of refugee men through guided self-help

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: Feasibility trial, alcohol use, refugee

Zambia

Effectiveness of an evidence-based stepped care system for alcohol and other drug use problems among Congolese refugees in Zambia

Faculty: Jeremy Kane and Claire Greene
Keywords: stepped care system, refugees, substance abuse

Improving measurement of alcohol consumption among HIV-affected youth in sub-Saharan Africa: evaluation and implementation of biomarkers

Faculty: Jeremy Kane
Keywords: measurement, alcohol, HIV-affected adolescents

Intrepid III Plus PSYMAP (International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings and PSYchosis MAPping)

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: incidence, treatment, psychotic disorders

Zambia Alabama HIV Alcohol Comorbidities Program (ZAMBAMA)

Faculty: Jeremy Kane
Keywords: alcohol use, cognitive behavioral therapy, HIV

South America

Argentina

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Brazil

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Chile

Chile study based on linked registries with focus on psychiatric disorders

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

National Assessment of the Mental Health Services in Chile

Faculty: Franco Mascayano

OnTrackChile

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: RCT, OnTrackNY, psychosis

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Colombia

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Increasing access to mental health and psychosocial support for Venezuelan refugees

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: evaluation, displaced persons, access

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Ecuador

Columbia Grand Challenges: Integrating mental health and psychosocial support with livelihoods and cash programs for refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers

Faculty: Claire Greene, Kate Lovero, Jeremy Kane, Kathy Sikkema, Ezra Susser, and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: cash programs, migrants, integration

Feasibility of integrating a stress management intervention into a community-based MHPSS program for women

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: stress management, community-based, migrant

Guatemala

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Peru

Adaptation and piloting of brief interpersonal therapy (IPT) for remote delivery among refugees and other displaced persons in Peru

Faculty: Claire Greene and Jeremy Kane
Keywords: adaptation, interpersonal therapy, displaced persons

RedeAmericas

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: LMIC, capacity-building

Trinidad and Tobago

Intrepid III Plus PSYMAP (International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings and PSYchosis MAPping)

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: incidence, treatment, psychotic disorders

Asia

China

Study of individuals with psychosis in rural China

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: psychosis

India

Intrepid III Plus PSYMAP (International Research Program on Psychotic Disorders in Diverse Settings and PSYchosis MAPping)

Faculty: Ezra Susser
Keywords: incidence, treatment, psychotic disorders

Japan

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Lebanon

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Europe

Belgium

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Czech Republic

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Germany

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Italy

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Netherlands

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Portugal

Effectiveness of the Critical Time Intervention-Task Shifting (CTI- TS) model for persons with serious mental illness discharged from inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities in Portugal

Faculty: Ezra Susser

Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Spain

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

North America

Mexico

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

Pilot RCT of Supported Employment for people with schizophrenia

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano

Panama

Feasibility of integrating a stress management intervention into a community-based MHPSS program for women

Faculty: Claire Greene
Keywords: stress management, community-based, migrant

Puerto Rico

HEROES

Faculty: Ezra Susser and Franco Mascayano
Keywords: COVID-19, health care workers

United States

Zambia Alabama HIV Alcohol Comorbidities Program (ZAMBAMA)

Faculty: Jeremy Kane
Keywords: alcohol use, cognitive behavioral therapy, HIV

Global

Youth Global Mental Health: Call for Action

Faculty: Kate Lovero
Keywords: youth-focused, Delphi Technique