Team

Director

Adam Brown is Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Reserach. He has extensive experience developing programs to promote mental health awareness, providing trainings, technical guidance, and support in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of scalable, evidence-based, culturally responsive mental health strategies that can delivered in a wide range of contexts by non-specialists. 

Head of the Center for Global Mental Health  and the Global Mental Health graduate minor, Dr. Brown focuses his research on the adaptation of mental health and psychosocial interventions that can be delivered globally by non-mental health professionals, and works closely with cross-sector partners to carry out this work. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the study of traumatic stress and the identification of factors that contribute to mental health risks and resilience.

Dr. Brown has served as a consultant for organizations such as the United Nations, UNICEF, and Amnesty International. He is the recipient of grants from the National Institute of Health, USAID, Fulbright, and numerous private foundations. His work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters.

Staff

Josheka Chauhan
Center Manager & PhD Candidate

Ari Holman
PhD Candidate

Zeynep Güney
PhD Candidate

Nicole Ross
PhD Candidate

Jordana Douglas
PhD Candidate

Evan Neuwirth
PhD Candidate

Aline Martins Lanes
PhD Candidate

Natalie Mardoian
PhD Candidate

Caroline McEneaney
PhD Candidate

Nadia Rahman
PhD Candidate

Francesca Ungureanu
PhD Candidate

Lindsay Siegel
PhD Candidate

Tanvi Kulkarni
PhD Candidate

Ncobile Mukasa
PhD Candidate

Tina Xu
PhD Candidate

Eleana Antonaki
PhD Candidate

Graduate and Undergraduate Students

Cassidy Rhodes-Aniska
BA Candidate

Affiliated Fellows

Judith Rohde
University of Zurich, Visiting Scholar

Biz Herman
University of Pennsylvania Visiting Scholar

Alesha Cid-Vega
University of Miami, Visiting Scholar

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi
Bard College, Visiting Scholar

Interns and Volunteers

Chevonne Attinger
Swiss NextStep Intern

Kathya Genet
Swiss NextStep Intern

Enzo Barbaro
Swiss NextStep Intern

Shina Piguet
Swiss NextStep Intern