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Dr Biksegn Yirdaw

Assistant Professor Mental Health

United Kingdom

I am an Assistant Professor in Public Mental Health at the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health in London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). I am working for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) and doing mental health-oriented research in infectious disease outbreaks. I am also a deployable staff member of the UK-PHRST to support the integration of MHPSS services during emergencies in low- and middle-income countries.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

I teach Epidemiology of Non-communicable Disease, design and evaluation of Mental Health Programmes and Introduction to Global Mental Health courses. I mentor and supervise MSc students in Global Mental Health.

Research

My research priority includes implementation and evaluation of mental health interventions in a wider context including in public health emergencies and general healthcare settings.

Selected Publications

Integrating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into infectious disease outbreak response: Results of an expert consensus study
YIRDAW, BA; Moussallem, M; ALKASABY, M; Asmar, MK; Alves, V; Mamba, DN; Tolba, B; Kyalo, CW; Hussain, M; Dafwat, J; Kagaayi, G; Nkhoma, D; EATON, J; Walker, IF;
2024
IJID Regions
Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in general health care settings: new WHO recommendations.
Gray, B; Asrat, B; Brohan, E; Chowdhury, N; Dua, T; Van Ommeren, M;
2024
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
Multimorbidity of chronic non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.
Abebe, F; Schneider, M; Asrat, B; Ambaw, F;
2020
Journal of comorbidity
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