Giuseppe Raviola, MD, MPH
Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Global Health and Social Medicine, at Harvard Medical School. He is Director of Mental Health for Partners In Health (PIH), and Director of the Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. His academic work has centered on the integration and application of quality improvement and public health approaches in innovating clinical practice, teaching and research in the domains of psychiatry and global mental health, particularly in developing new intervention programs in mental health integrated within primary care systems in low resource settings. This has included the creation of community-based mental health systems in Haiti and Rwanda, and supporting mental health program development in Mexico (Chiapas), Peru (Lima), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Lesotho, Siberia, Navajo Nation in New Mexico, and the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Dr. Raviola actively teaches and mentors students and trainees at all levels, including in the Harvard Masters of Medical Science in Global Health Delivery (MMSc-GHD). With Professor Vikram Patel he currently co-leads a cross-university initiative in Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development at Harvard.