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Global Psychiatry
Who We Are

 

The Global Psychiatry Section is a collective of health providers, administrators, individuals, researchers, and community members working together in Dalhousie’s Department of Psychiatry to promote mental health across the globe.

Faculty

 

  Name Position
 

Dr. Sonia Chehil

 

Director, Global Psychiatry; Associate Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Training and Policy at Dalhousie University



 

Dr. Stan Kutcher

 

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Training and Policy at Dalhousie University;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry

 

Dr. Scott Theriault



Clinical Director, CDHA Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry



 

Dr. Sabina Abidi

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry



 

Dr. Mark Bosma

 

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry



 

Dr. Bianca Lauria-Horner



Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry

 

Dr. Matthew Morgan



Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry



 

Staff

 

  Name Position
 

Ms. Julie O'Grady

 

Administrator, Global Psychiatry

 

Fellows
We currently do not have a Fellow. For more information about Fellowship opportunities with the Global Psychiatry Section, please visit the Educational Opportunities page.

Associates

 

  Name Position
 

Ms. Susan Charlton

 

Psychiatric Nurse Specialist and Educator, Province of Nova Scotia



 

Dr. Helene Crooks

 

Psychiatric Consultant TRHA; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychiatry



 

Ms. Donalda Edgar



Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, Capital District Health Authority



 

Dr. Vijay Gangu

 

Secretary General, World MH Federation

 

Dr. Lindsey George

 

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University



 

Ms. Sandra Hennigar



Senior Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, Capital District Health Authority



 

Dr. William Lahey

 

Director, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University

 

Mr. Benjie Nycum

 

CEO, William Nycum and Associates

 

Dr. Vikram Patel



Professor, International Mental Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine



 

Dr. Leslie Ramsammy

 

Honorable Minister of Health of Guyana



 

Dr. Ian Slayter

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry;
Faculty, Global Psychiatry

 

 

Dr. Douglas Walker



Clinical Director of Mercy Family Center



 

Ms. Loretta Whitehorne

 

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner, Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre



 

Past Associates

 

  Name Position
 

Ms. Cheluchi Onyemelukwe



Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University

 

Ms. Dorothy Edem

 

Psychiatric Service Administration, Capital District Health Authority



 

Mr. Jack Hicks

Advisor to the Government of Nunavut, Technical Expert Suicide Follow-Back Methodology



 

Dr. Dennis Holland



Senior Director, Legislation and Professional Regulation, Nova Scotia Deptartment of Health



 

Ms. Alana Lancaster

 

Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University

 

Dr. Jim Millar

 

Associate Regional Director, First Nations and Inuit Health, Health Canada; Faculty, Global Psychiatry

 

 

Dr. Brian Mishara

 

Director, Centre for Research & Intervention on Suicide & Euthanasia, Université du Québec à Montréal