Pamela Collins, MD, MPH

Faculty Appointment(s)

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professor, Global Health

Leadership Role(s)

Director, Global Mental Health Program

Executive Director, I-TECH

pyc1@uw.edu

Personal Statement

I come to UW after nearly eight years of leadership at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) where I led the development of new funding initiatives for research or research training opportunities in mental health services research in low- and middle-income countries and mental health disparities research in the US, building a robust and growing portfolio in global mental health and creating a pathway to independence for young investigators while also stimulating research in US underserved populations. My current global mental health projects include work in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Recent Publications

Decriminalising being Black with mental illness.
(2021 Jan)
Lancet Psychiatry 8(1): 8-9
Jordan A, Allsop AS, Collins PY
Erratum: Justice for George Floyd and a reckoning for global mental health.
(2020)
Glob Ment Health (Camb) 7(): e25
Weine S, Kohrt BA, Collins PY, Cooper J, Lewis-Fernandez R, Okpaku S, Wainberg ML
Justice for George Floyd and a reckoning for global mental health.
(2020)
Glob Ment Health (Camb) 7(): e22
Weine S, Kohrt BA, Collins PY, Cooper J, Lewis-Fernandez R, Okpaku S, Wainberg ML
What is global mental health?
(2020 Oct)
World Psychiatry 19(3): 265-266
Collins PY
Shifting the Policy Paradigm to Achieve Equity.
(2020 Sep)
Psychiatr Clin North Am 43(3): 439-450
Starks SM, Hankerson SH, Collins PY
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