WMH Participating Collaborators

North America
United States
Ronald C. Kessler, PhD - Director- WMH Survey initiative
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Current Collaborators
Randy P. Auerbach, PhD
Columbia University
William G. Axinn, PhD
University of Michigan
Robert Bossarte, PhD
University of South Florida
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Boston University
Meyer Glantz, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)(to 2022)
Alan E. Kazdin, PhD
Yale University
Kenneth S. Kendler, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Karestan C. Koenen, PhD
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Harvard University
Stephanie Pinder-Amaker, PhD
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Anthony J. Rosellini, PhD
Boston University
Ayelet Meron Ruscio, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Shahly, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Jordan Smoller, ScD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH
University of California San Diego
Michelle Williams, ScD
Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
Daniel V. Vigo, MD, DrPH
Harvard Medical School and University of British Columbia
Alan Zaslavsky, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Former Collaborators
Jaimie Abelson, MSW
 
Somnath Chatterji, MD (Former co-director WMH)
WHO, Geneva
Lisa Colpe, PhD
 
Josh Breslau, PhD, ScD
 
Anne Gaderman, PhD
 
Laura Germine, PhD
 
Stephen Gilman, PhD
 
Jennifer G. Green, PhD
 
Margaret Guyer, PhD
 
Mary (Molly) Howes, PhD
 
Katie McLaughlin, PhD
 
Silvia Martins, MD, PhD
 
Kathleen Merikangas, PhD
 
Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
 
Paul Stang, PhD
 
Amy Street, PhD
 
Michael Von Korff, ScD
 
Philip Wang, MD, DrPH
 
Marsha Wilcox, EdD, ScD
 
WMH Data Collection Coordination Center, University of Michigan
Stephanie Chardoul
Director
WMH Data Analysis Coordination Center, Harvard Medical School
Project Management
Nancy Sampson
Director
Jerry Garcia
Manager
Teresa Gorman
Coordinator
Audrey Kalmus
Manager
Biostatisticians
Maria Petukhova, PhD
Senior Team Leader
Wai Tat Chiu, AM
Training Team Leader
Irving Hwang, MS
 
Andrew King, MS
 
Marrena Lindberg, ScB
 
Howard Liu, PhD
 
 
Latin America
Regional Coordinator
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
Centre for Reducing Health Disparities
University of California, Davis
Argentina
Alfredo Cia, MD - Principal Investigator
Anxiety Disorders Center, Buenos Aires
Juan Carlos Stagnaro, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Brazil - National Survey
Maria Carmen Viana, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Social Medicine
Federal University of Espírito Santo(UFES), Vitoria/ES
Brazil - São Paulo Megacity
Laura Helena Andrade, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of São Paulo
Maria Carmen Viana, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Social Medicine
Federal University of Espírito Santo(UFES), Vitoria/ES
Current Collaborators
Wang Yuan Pang
 
Camila Magalhães Silveira
 
Erica R. Siu
 
João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, MD
University of São Paulo
Geilson Santana
 
Bruno Mendonça Coelho
 
James Anthony, PhD
 
Evandro Coutinho, MD,PhD
UFES/Vitoria and National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio/RJ
 
Flavia Garcia Pereira
UFES/Vitoria
 
Former Collaborators
Clovis Alexandrino Silva
 
Angela Maria Campanha
 
Mariane Henriques França
UFES/Vitoria
 
Maria Cristina Alochio de Paiva, MD, MSc
UFES/Vitoria
 
Ana Paula Araújo Faria
UFES/Vitoria
 
Project Management
Marlene Galativicis Teixeira
 
Indaiá de Santana Bassani
 
Fidel Beraldi
 
Beatriz Adler
 
Raphael Mishimura - Data analyst
 
Solange Andreoni - Biostatistician
 
Colombia
Colombia - National Survey

Jose Posada-Villa, MD - Principal Investigator
Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University
 
Colombia - Medellin

Yolanda Torres, MPH, Dra.HC - Principal Investigator
Centro de Excelencia en Investigación en Salud Mental
Universidad CES
Roberto Mejía Montoya, PhD (consultant)
Laney Graduate School
Emory University
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
Center for Reducing Health Disparities
University of California, Davis
Mexico
Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Guilherme Borges, DrSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Corina Benjet, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Carmen Lara, MD, PhD
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
 
Ricardo Orozco, MSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Clara Fleiz, PhD
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Jerónimo Blanco, Master in Engineering
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Jorge Villatoro, Psychologist
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Enrique Méndez Ríos, MSc
National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
 
Peru
Marina Piazza Ferrand, DSc, MPH -Principal Investigator
National Institute of Health, Lima
Africa 
Regional Coordinator
Oye Gureje, MD, DSc, FRCPsych
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
 
Nigeria
Oye Gureje, MD, DSc, FRCPsych - Principal Investigator
University of Ibadan
 
Collaborators
Olusola Adeyemi, MD
Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kaduna
 
Olusola Ephraim-Oluwanuga, MD
National Hospital, Abuja
 
Oluyomi Esan, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Victor Lasebikan, PhD
University of Ibadan
 
Victor Makanjuola, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Bibilola Oladeji, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Owoidoho Udofia, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Richard Uwakwe, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Abba Wakil, MD
University of Ibadan
 
Project Manager
 
 
Dr. Lola Kola
University of Ibadan
 
Biostatisticians
 
Taiwo Abiona, MSc
University of Ibadan
 
Toyin Bello, MSc
University of Ibadan
 
South Africa
David Williams, MPH, PhD - Principal Investigator
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
 
Dan J. Stein, FRCPC, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Cape Town
 
Lukoye Atwoli, MD, PhD
Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
 
Asia Pacific
Regional Coordinator
Kate Scott, PhD
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Australia
 
Harvey Whiteford, MBBSPhD - Principal Investigator
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
John McGrath, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Louisa Degenhardt, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
 
Current Collaborators
Meredith Harris, PhD
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland
Tim Slade, PhD
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
 
Former Collaborators
Derrick Silove, MD
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales
 
Biostatisticians
Carmen Lim, PhD
 
Chrianna Bharat, PhD
 
Luise Lago, PhD (2015-2016)
 
China (PRC)
 
China(PRC)-Shenzhen

 
Chiyi Hu, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health & Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Jize Hu, MD
Department of Psychology, Shenzhen University
Weidong Duan, MD
Shenzhen Institute of Mental Health & Shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Hong Kong - SAR of PRC

 
Michael Y. Ni, MD, MPH - Principal Investigator
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
 
Corine Wong, PhD
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
 
Candi Leung, PhD
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
 
Japan
 
Daisuke Nishi, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Norito Kawakami, MD, DMSc (Former PI to 2023)
Department of Digital Mental Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Hiroki Asaoka, PhD, RN
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Toshiaki Furukawa, MD
Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya
Yukihiro Hata, MD
Oshima Hospital, Kagoshima
Noboru Iwata, PhD
Hiroshima International University, Higashi-Hiroshima
Hideyuki Nakane, MD
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki
Yasubumi Nakane, MD
Nagasaki International University Graduate School, Nagasaki
Yutaka Ono, MD
Keio University Health Care Center, Tokyo
Hisateru Tachimori, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa
Tadashi Takeshima, MD
National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa
Hidenori Uda, MD
Sensatsu Public Health Center, Kagoshima
Nepal
 
William G. Axinn, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
Dirgha Ghimire, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Michigan
New Zealand
Kate Scott, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago
Dunedin
J. Elisabeth Wells, PhD
Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago
Christchurch
Annette Beautrais, PhD
Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences
The Philippines
Maria Lourdes (Marissa) de Guzman, MD, MS Epi, FPPA - Principal Investigator
University of the Philippines, Manila
South Korea
Subin Park, MD, PhD- Principal Investigator
National Center for Mental Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Seoul
Europe
Regional Coordinator
Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD
IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona
Belgium
Koen Demyttenaere, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL)
Ronny Bruffaerts, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (UPC-KUL)
Bulgaria
Hristo Hinkov, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
National Centre for Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria
France
Viviane Kovess-Masfety, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Paris Descartes University, EHESP
Current Collaborators
Saena Arbabzadeh Bouchez, MD
 
Florence Vorspan, MD, PhD
 
Former Collaborators
Isabelle Gasquet, MD, PhD
 
Laurence Negre Pages, PhD
 
Germany
Herbert Matschinger, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Leipzig
David D. Ebert, PhD
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Israel
Yuval Ziv, MA
Ministry of Health
Former Collaborators
Daphna Levinson, PhD (Former PI to 2018)
Ministry of Health
Itzhak Levav, MD
World Health Organization
Italy
Giovanni de Girolamo, MD - Principal Investigator
IRCCS Saint John of God Clinical Research Centre, Brescia, Italy
Netherlands
Annelieke Roest, PhD - Principal Investigator
Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Groningen
Margreet ten Have, PhD - Principal Investigator
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute)
Peter de Jonge, PhD (Former PI to 2024)
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen
Pim Cuijpers, PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Former Collaborators
Johan Ormel, PhD
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Ron de Graaf, PhD
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Institute)
Northern Ireland
Brendan Bunting, PhD - Principal Investigator
Ulster University
Siobhan O'Neill, PhD
Ulster University
Former Collaborators
Sam Murphy, DrPh
 
Poland
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw

 
Jacek Moskalewicz, PhD - Principal Investigator, Poland, EZOP 1 and 2 surveys
 
Jacek Wciórka, MD, PhD - Co-Principal Investigator, Poland - EZOP 2 survey, 2018-19
 
Current Collaborators
Grażyna Świątkiewicz, PhD
 
Piotr Świtaj, MD
 
Marta Werbel, MA
 
Former Collaborators
Marta Janczewska, MD
 
Ludmiła Boguszewska, MA
 
Anna Chrostek,MD
 
Joanna Mikulska, MD
 
Anita Młodożeniec, MD
 
Justyna Waszkiewicz MA
 
National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw
Bogdan J. Wojtyniak, ScD - Principal Investigator
 
Current Collaborators
Daniel Rabczenko, PhD
 
Jakub Stokwiszewski
 
Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw
Andrzej Kiejna, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
 
Current Collaborators
Tomasz Adamowski, MD, PhD
 
Patryk Piotrowski, MD, PhD
 
Former Collaborators
Monika Kantorska-Janiec, MD, PhD
 
Marta Zagdańska, PhD
 
Maja Kasprzak, PhD
 
Jozef Zajac, MA
 
Portugal
José Miguel Caldas de Almeida, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Miguel Xavier, MD, PhD
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Graça Cardoso, MD, PhD
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Romania
Cristian Vladescu, MD, PhD, MPH - Principal Investigator
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Georgeta Popovici, MD, MSc
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Former Collaborators
Silvia Florescu, MD, PhD (Former PI to 2022)
National Institute for Health Services Management, Bucharest
Spain
Spain - National Survey

 
Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona
 
Josep María Haro, MD, MPH, PhD* - Principal Investigator
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Gemma Vilagut, MSc
Institute of Municipal d'Investigacio Medica (IMIM)
Spain - Murcia Survey

 
Fernando Navarro-Mateu, MD, PhD - Principal Investigator
UDIF-SM, Subdirección General de Planificación, Innovación y Cronicidad, Servicio Murciano de Salud.
IMIB-Arrixaca. CIBERESP-Murcia.
 
Turkey
Cengiz Kiliç, MD - Principal Investigator
Hacettepe University, Ankara
Ozlem Seyda Ulug, PhD
 
Ukraine
 
Nathan Tintle, PhD - Principal Investigator
University of Illinois, Chicago
Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD (Former PI to 2024)
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Victoria Zakhozha
Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Vladimir Paniotto, PhD
Founder and Director, Kiev International Institute of Sociology
Semyon Gluzman, MD
Founder and Director, Ukrainian Psychiatric Asssociation and Center for Survivors of Torture and War
*ESEMeD consists of the 6 Western European countries including Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain
Middle East
Regional Coordinator
Elie G. Karam, MD
Institute for Development, Research and Applied Care
Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon
Elie G. Karam, MD - Principal Investigator
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Josleen Al Barathie, MPH
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Hani Dimasi, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Aimee Nasser Karam, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Georges Karam, MD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Zeina Mneimneh, PhD
Institute for Development, Research, and Applied Care
Former Collaborators
Claudia Farhat, MS
 
Lynn Itani, MS
 
Soumana Nasser, PhD
 
Dahlia Saab, MPH
 
Mariana Salamoun, MS
 
Iraq
Ali Al-Hamzawi, MBChB, FICMS - Principal Investigator
Al-Qadisiya University, Diwaniya governorate
Naeema Al-Gasser, PhD
 
Srinivasa Murthy, MD
 
Mohammad Salih Khalaf Al-Kaisy, MD
Ibn Seena Teaching Hospital, Iraq
Nezar Ismet Taib, MBCh.B
 
Qatar
Salma Khaled, PhD - Principal Investigator
Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI), Qatar University, Doha
Peter Woodruff, MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych - Principal Investigator
School of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Yasmin Altwaijri - Principal Investigator
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh
Dr. Abdullah Alsubaie - Co-PI
 
Dr. Abdulhamid Alhabib - Co-PI