What is the MHPSS Academy?

We’re a global team of passionate individuals working to make a real difference in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) worldwide. We established the MHPSS Academy because we saw a crucial need for global coordination in capacity strengthening on MHPSS. Our motto says it all: we succeed together. Strengthening capacity in communities is not something done to someone, it is done with them.

photo: Koç University, Istanbul

MHPSS Academy

Who are we?

We are lucky to have an esteemed Board of Directors who provide guidance and leadership to the organization and a small Executive Team that carry out the day-to-day operations of the MHPSS Academy. We also have an Advisory Committee with representatives of our core implementing and academic partners. Last, but not least, we have you: our network members and our affiliate organizations and institutions.

You are the reason we are here.

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Board of Directors

Marit Sijbrandij, PhD

Chair

Full Professor Clinical Psychology, VU University Amsterdam; Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions

Els van der Ven, PhD

Treasurer

Associate Professor, VU University Amsterdam; Healthcare Psychologist

Mark Jordans, PhD

Board Member

Professor of Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health, University of Amsterdam and King’s College London; and Research & Development Director at the War Child Alliance

Patrick Onyango Mangen, MSc

Board Member

Chief Executive Officer, Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI), South Africa

Naser Morina, PhD

Board Member

Senior Researcher and Lecturer, University of Zurich; Head of Research and Co-Head of the Outpatient Unit for Victims of Torture and War, University Hospital Zurich

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Executive team

Pernille Hansen, PhD

Executive Director

Psychologist, MHPSS Technical Expert

Iryna Frankova, M.D., PhD

Training Coordinator

Assistant Professor, VU University Amsterdam, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions; Psychologist and Senior Researcher, ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre

Greta Maria Grossek, MSc

Community Engagement Coordinator

Clinical Intern and Researcher, University of Amsterdam

Core partners

A number of core partners have been involved in the development of the MHPSS Academy, and we are grateful for their continued support and interest. All of our core partners are deeply invested in scaling up access to mental health and psychosocial services around the world.

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