Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders
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Scientific Committee

CHAIR:

David V. McQueen
Associate Director for Global Health Promotion
DHHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cheryl Vince Whitman
Senior Vice President
Education Development Center
Director, Health and Human Development Division

Thomas H. Bornemann
Director, Mental Health Program
The Carter Center

L. Patt Franciosi
Board member, World Federation for Mental Health
Chair, Scientific Committee, 2006 Oslo Conference

Helen Herrman
Chair, GCAPP
Board member, World Federation for Mental Health
Co-chair, Scientific Committee, 2008 Melbourne Conference
ORYGEN Youth Health Research Centre

Clemens M.H. Hosman
Chair, Clifford Beers Foundation
Prevention Research Centre
Radboud and Maastricht Universities

Michael Murray
Chief Executive Officer
The Clifford Beers Foundation

Charles G. Ray
Treasurer, World Federation for Mental Health
Partner, Criterion Health

Jerry Reed
Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Education Development Center

Elena Berger
Scientific Committee Coordinator
Director, Mental Health Promotion and Disorder Prevention
World Federation for Mental Health

Fiona Adshead
Director, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion
World Health Organization

Margaret Barry
Board member, IUHPE
Director, Department of Health Promotion
National University of Ireland, Galway

Mindy Fullilove
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Mailman SPH, Columbia University

Luiz Augusto Cassanha Galvão
Manager, Sustainable Development and Environmental Health Area - SDE
Pan American Health Organization

Mark T. Greenberg
Bennett Chair of Prevention Research
Director, Prevention Research Center
Penn State University

Melanie E. King
CDC
National Center for Chronic Disease and Public Health Promotion
Office of the Director

Carl Lakaski
Senior Policy Analyst
Mental Health Promotion Unit
Healthy Communities Division
Public Health Agency of Canada

Vikram Patel
Professor of International Mental Health
Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine
Centre for Global Mental Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Jeffrey Reading
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
University of Victoria

Gail Ritchie
Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA

Shekhar Saxena
Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence
World Health Organization

Sylvie Stachenko
Board member, IUHPE
Dean, School of Public Health
University of Alberta

Ken Thompson
Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA

Mark Weist
Center for School Mental Health
University of Maryland Medical Center

Others to come

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Planning Committee

The Biennial Conference Planning Committee (BCPC) has overall responsibility for the the organization of the conference. The representatives on the committee are:

World Federation for Mental Health

Helen Herrman
Charles Ray

Clifford Beers Foundation

Michael Murray (Conference Chair)
Clemens Hosman

Education Development Center

Cheryl Vince Whitman
Jerry Reed

The Carter Center

Thomas Bornemann

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