Webinar Series Addresses Innovations in Mental Health Care

With a rising global demand for mental health support, particularly among young people facing significant challenges, the series highlights how technological advancements are offering new avenues for prevention, early intervention, and broader access to care. Experts engaged in discussions about evaluating new approaches, overcoming systemic hurdles, and implementing innovative methods in effective, equitable, and sustainable mental health care at scale.

Featured speakers included Vikram Patel, the Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Kevin Simon, the First Chief Behavioral Health Officer for the City of Boston; Lydia Anne Shrier, a Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; and Shekhar Saxena, a former Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Rifat Atun, Dean of Education and Innovation and Director of the Health Systems Innovation Lab at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, served as the moderator.

This information was last updated on October 1, 2026.