{"id":140,"date":"2022-02-17T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:41:47","slug":"global-scientific-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/people\/global-scientific-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Scientific Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Extending beyond the borders of the Seattle area, members of the Global Scientific Board assist in checking the progress and practices developed by BIRCH faculty and staff. Additionally, their varied expertise in technology, services, and resources are drawn upon to assist in shaping our work to adhere to real-world functionality.<\/p>\n

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Melanie Abas<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Professor of Global Mental Health at King\u2019s College London<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rivet Amico<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Associate Professor at the University of Michigan<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pamela Collins<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Professor and Chair of the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jessica Haberer<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Director of Research at the MGH Center for Global Health<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Renee Heffron<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Manasi Kumar<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Professor in the Department of Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rena Patel<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Assistant Professor<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brian Pence<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Associate Director and Affiliate Faculty at UNC<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Inge Petersen<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Director of Rural Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Steven Shoptaw<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Professor and clinical psychologist, UCLA and the University of Cape Town<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":290,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140\/revisions\/1117"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwbirch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}