Epidemiology & Public Health
The Epidemiology and Public Health Section has a long history of high calibre exchange of expertise in the field of research by putting together experts from all over the world, who encourage and share information with the younger members. Many of today’s leaders in psychiatric epidemiology have themselves benefited from this exchange themselves. The global outreach of the WPA has rendered this section truly exceptional since its members are locally active in their respective countries and regions thus offering a truly international perspective of epidemiology and public health.
Section Officers
Chair
Katherine M. Keyes, Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
USA
Co-Chair
Lukoye Atwoli MBS, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD, IFAPA, MKNAS
The Jena and Hasanali Jeewa Ajanee Endowed chair in Medicine Deputy Director, Brain and Mind Institute Professor and Dean, Medical College East Africa
Aga Khan University, Kenya
General secretary
Corina Benjet
Researcher, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (INPRFM), Professor, School of Psychology and Medical School, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
Section Commitee Members
Member
Louisa Degenhardt
UNSW Scientia Professor and NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
Sydney, Australia
Member
Michael Ni
Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice at the School of Public Health
Hong Kong
Member
Mauro Giovanni Carta
Head of Liaison Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital, University of Cagliari
Italy
Member
Viviane Kovess
Psychiatrist. Honorary Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, EHESP – School of Advanced Studies in Public Health
France
Section member list can be found here
