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October 23, 2019 
9:30 AM 2019 CANADA GAIRDNER GLOBAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
9:30 am-1:15 pm
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Auditorium, 2nd Floor
686 Bay Street, Toronto
Speakers
9:30-9:35 am
Opening Remarks:
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
9:35-9:45 am
Welcome Remarks and Keynote Introduction:
Janet Rossant CC PhD FRS FRSC, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation
9:45 -10:15 am
Transforming Mental Health Globally
Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureate; The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Co-founder, Sangath, Goa, India
10:15-10:40 am
THE BANYAN- IN CONVERSATION with DR. KARLEE SILVER
Vandana Gopikumar, PhD
Co-Founder, The Banyan & The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health; Professor, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Chennai, India
10:40-11:05 am
IMPROVING HOUSING AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, MHSc, MSc, BSc
Physician-in-Chief, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) ; Professor and Vice-Chair, Clinical and Innovation, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
11:05-11:20 am
Health Break
11:20- 11:45 am
FROM FACILITY BASED CARE TO COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONS: A ‘SPIRIT’ED RESPONSE TO THE BURDEN OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Abhijit Nadkarni MBBS,DPM,MRCPsych,MSc,PhD
Associate Professor, Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Co-Director, Addictions Research Group, Sangath, Goa, India
Goa, India; London, UK
11:45 am-12:10 pm
FRIENDSHIP BENCHES NYC CLOSING TREATMENT GAPS AND ADVANCING EQUITY ACROSS NYC NEIGHBORHOODS
Takeesha White, LMSW
Friendship Bench Program, New York; Acting Assistant Commissioner in the Center for Health Equity, at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City, NY, USA
12:10-1:10 pm
Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator
Peter Szatmari
Professor and Head, Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Toronto; Chief of Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, The Hospital for Sick Children and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Panel Members
Renee Linklater
PhD Director, Shkaabe Makwa, CAMH
Toronto, ON, Canada
Daisy Singla
Assistant Professor, Equity, Gender and Population, Psychotherapies, Humanities and Education Scholarship, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Takeesha White
Abhijit Nadkarni
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Vikram Patel
1:10-1:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Sponsors:
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2019 CANADA GAIRDNER GLOBAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
9:30 am-1:15 pm
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Auditorium, 2nd Floor
686 Bay Street, Toronto
Speakers
9:30-9:35 am
Opening Remarks:
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
9:35-9:45 am
Welcome Remarks and Keynote Introduction:
Janet Rossant CC PhD FRS FRSC, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation
9:45 -10:15 am
Transforming Mental Health Globally
Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureate; The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Co-founder, Sangath, Goa, India
10:15-10:40 am
THE BANYAN- IN CONVERSATION with DR. KARLEE SILVER
Vandana Gopikumar, PhD
Co-Founder, The Banyan & The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health; Professor, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Chennai, India
10:40-11:05 am
IMPROVING HOUSING AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, MHSc, MSc, BSc
Physician-in-Chief, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) ; Professor and Vice-Chair, Clinical and Innovation, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
11:05-11:20 am
Health Break
11:20- 11:45 am
FROM FACILITY BASED CARE TO COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONS: A ‘SPIRIT’ED RESPONSE TO THE BURDEN OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Abhijit Nadkarni MBBS,DPM,MRCPsych,MSc,PhD
Associate Professor, Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Co-Director, Addictions Research Group, Sangath, Goa, India
Goa, India; London, UK
11:45 am-12:10 pm
FRIENDSHIP BENCHES NYC CLOSING TREATMENT GAPS AND ADVANCING EQUITY ACROSS NYC NEIGHBORHOODS
Takeesha White, LMSW
Friendship Bench Program, New York; Acting Assistant Commissioner in the Center for Health Equity, at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City, NY, USA
12:10-1:10 pm
Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator
Peter Szatmari
Professor and Head, Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Toronto; Chief of Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, The Hospital for Sick Children and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Panel Members
Renee Linklater
PhD Director, Shkaabe Makwa, CAMH
Toronto, ON, Canada
Daisy Singla
Assistant Professor, Equity, Gender and Population, Psychotherapies, Humanities and Education Scholarship, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Takeesha White
Abhijit Nadkarni
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Vikram Patel
1:10-1:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Sponsors:
2019 CANADA GAIRDNER GLOBAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
9:30 am-1:15 pm
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Auditorium, 2nd Floor
686 Bay Street, Toronto
Speakers
9:30-9:35 am
Opening Remarks:
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
9:35-9:45 am
Welcome Remarks and Keynote Introduction:
Janet Rossant CC PhD FRS FRSC, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation
9:45 -10:15 am
Transforming Mental Health Globally
Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureate; The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Co-founder, Sangath, Goa, India
10:15-10:40 am
THE BANYAN- IN CONVERSATION with DR. KARLEE SILVER
Vandana Gopikumar, PhD
Co-Founder, The Banyan & The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health; Professor, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Chennai, India
10:40-11:05 am
IMPROVING HOUSING AND HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, MHSc, MSc, BSc
Physician-in-Chief, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH) ; Professor and Vice-Chair, Clinical and Innovation, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
11:05-11:20 am
Health Break
11:20- 11:45 am
FROM FACILITY BASED CARE TO COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONS: A ‘SPIRIT’ED RESPONSE TO THE BURDEN OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS
Abhijit Nadkarni MBBS,DPM,MRCPsych,MSc,PhD
Associate Professor, Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH), Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Co-Director, Addictions Research Group, Sangath, Goa, India
Goa, India; London, UK
11:45 am-12:10 pm
FRIENDSHIP BENCHES NYC CLOSING TREATMENT GAPS AND ADVANCING EQUITY ACROSS NYC NEIGHBORHOODS
Takeesha White, LMSW
Friendship Bench Program, New York; Acting Assistant Commissioner in the Center for Health Equity, at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City, NY, USA
12:10-1:10 pm
Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator
Peter Szatmari
Professor and Head, Division of Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Toronto; Chief of Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative, The Hospital for Sick Children and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
Panel Members
Renee Linklater
PhD Director, Shkaabe Makwa, CAMH
Toronto, ON, Canada
Daisy Singla
Assistant Professor, Equity, Gender and Population, Psychotherapies, Humanities and Education Scholarship, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Takeesha White
Abhijit Nadkarni
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Vikram Patel
1:10-1:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Chair: Stan Zlotkin OC MD PhD FRCP(C), Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Sponsors: