Professor of Global Mental Health, Global Health and Population Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health

Shekhar Saxena is Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health at the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. A psychiatrist by training, he worked for World Health Organization (WHO) from 20 years till 2018; the last 8 years as the director of mental health and substance abuse. Author of more than 350 academic papers, his expertise includes providing evidence-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, businesses and civil society on mental health. He was a joint lead-editor of the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, 2018 and a member of GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard initiative.