Dr Ritsuko Kakuma

Associate Professor in Global Mental Health, Programme Director for MSc in Global Mental Health, Director of CGMH

Ritz Kakuma is an Associate Professor in Global Mental Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and co-Programme Director and co-Director for the joint MSc in Global Mental Health and the Centre for Global Mental Health. She is also a Visiting Teacher at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London. She is an epidemiologist by training and predominantly a mental health services and policy researcher with a particular focus on capacity strengthening in in global mental health. She has worked closely with governments to advise on policy development, mental health services and policy research, programme evaluation as well as leadership training for over 15 years.

ritsuko [dot] kakuma [at] lshtm [dot] ac [dot] uk (@Email)

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