Manasi Kumar
Manasi Kumar
Affiliate Professor, University of Nairobi
Manasi kumar is an affiliate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi and a senior implementation scientist and mental health consultant for the Brain and Mind Institute at Aga Khan University Kenya. Manasi has been working on mental health needs for vulnerable youth and women in LMICs. Issues of equity & disparities in health, research partnerships and geopolitics of global health have also been her areas of interventions.
Recommended related readings:
Kumar M. (2019). Championing Equity, Empowerment, and Transformational Leadership in (Mental Health) Research Partnerships: Aligning Collaborative Work With the Global Development Agenda. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 99. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00099
Kumar, M., Atwoli, L., Burgess, R. A., Gaddour, N., Huang, K. Y., Kola, L., Mendenhall, E., Mugo, C., Mutamba, B. B., Nakasujja, N., Njuguna, I., Obasi, A., Petersen, I., & Shidhaye, R. (2022). What should equity in global health research look like?. Lancet (London, England), 400(10347), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00888-1
Patel, V., et al. (2018). The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development. Lancet Commisions, 392 (10157), 1553-1598. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067361831612X