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Team Members

Professor Charlotte Hanlon

Professor Charlotte Hanlon

Investigator

Co-Lead for HOPE
University of Edinburgh and Addis Ababa University

Professor Atalay Alem

Professor Atalay Alem

Investigator

Co-Lead for HOPE
Addis Ababa University

Dr Caroline Smartt

Dr Caroline Smartt

Investigator
Project Team

HOPE Project Manager
University of Edinburgh

Ms Eleni Misganaw

Ms Eleni Misganaw

Expert by Experience
Investigator

HOPE Collaborator and Lead for Work Package 6 lead on Lived and Life Experience
President, Mental Health Service User Association of Ethiopia

Ms Hasset Chenu

Ms Hasset Chenu

Expert by Experience

HOPE collaborator and Expert by Experience
Mental Health Service User Association of Ethiopia

Dr Ribka Birhanu

Dr Ribka Birhanu

Investigator

HOPE Country co-PI

Professor Abebaw Fekadu

Professor Abebaw Fekadu

Investigator

HOPE Country co-PI and Work Package 4 co-lead for implementation and evaluation
CDT-Africa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Dr Sisay Abayneh

Dr Sisay Abayneh

Early Career Researcher

HOPE Post-doctoral fellow
CDT-Africa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Mr Fetuma Feyera

Mr Fetuma Feyera

Early Career Researcher

HOPE PhD fellow
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Ms Sewit Timothewos

Ms Sewit Timothewos

Project team

HOPE Project Co-ordinator and Research Uptake Lead
CDT-Africa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Ms Tigist Eshetu

Ms Tigist Eshetu

Project team

HOPE Project Monitoring and Evaluation
CDT-Africa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Mr Peter Badimak Yaro

Mr Peter Badimak Yaro

Investigator

HOPE Country co-PI (Ghana) and Work Package 3 co-lead for Intervention co-production and piloting
BasicNeeds-Ghana

Dr Phyllis Dako-Gyeke

Dr Phyllis Dako-Gyeke

Dr Phyllis Dako-Gyeke was co-PI for the HOPE Ghana team and made important and valued contributions to the project. She sadly passed away in June 2024.

You can read about Phyllis’s life and work here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01704-5/fulltext

Ms Cecilia Fofo Ashaley

Ms Cecilia Fofo Ashaley

Expert by Experience

HOPE collaborator and Expert by Experience
BasicNeeds-Ghana

Ms Yaa Frimpomaa Kankam

Ms Yaa Frimpomaa Kankam

Early Career Researcher

HOPE PhD fellow
University of Ghana

Dr Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

Dr Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong

Early Career Researcher

HOPE Post-doctoral fellow
University of Ghana

Mr Humphrey Kofie

Mr Humphrey Kofie

Collaborator/consultant

HOPE Collaborator
Mental Health Society of Ghana

Sandow Stanislaus Azuure

Sandow Stanislaus Azuure

Research Assistant, BasicNeeds-Ghana

Dr Victoria Mutiso

Dr Victoria Mutiso

Investigator

HOPE Country Co-PI and Work Package 4 co-lead on Implementation and Evaluation
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya

Adam Dokurugu Yahaya

Adam Dokurugu Yahaya

Field Supervisor, BasicNeeds-Ghana

Head of Programmes, BasicNeeds-Ghana

Professor David Ndetei

Professor David Ndetei

Investigator

HOPE Country Co-PI and Work Package 2 co-lead for the formative phase
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya

Dr Christine Musyimi

Dr Christine Musyimi

Early Career Researcher

HOPE post-doctoral fellow
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya

Dr Kimberly Kariuki

Dr Kimberly Kariuki

Expert by Experience

Peer Researcher
HOPE Collaborator and Expert by Experience

Dr Ursula Read

Dr Ursula Read

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator and Work Package 5 co-lead on capacity strengthening
University of Essex

Mrs Mukami Munyoki

Mrs Mukami Munyoki

Expert by Experience

Lived Experience Advisory Group

Dr Rosie Mayston

Dr Rosie Mayston

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator and Work Package 2 co-lead for the formative phase
King's College London

Dr Laura Asher

Dr Laura Asher

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator and Work Package 3 co-lead for intervention co-production and piloting
University of Nottingham

Dr Kia-Chong Chua

Dr Kia-Chong Chua

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator
King's College London

Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft

Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator
King's College London

Professor Martin Prince

Professor Martin Prince

Investigator

HOPE co-investigator
King's College London

Dr Julian Eaton

Dr Julian Eaton

Investigator

HOPE collaborator
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Dr Julie Repper

Dr Julie Repper

Expert by Experience
Collaborator/consultant

HOPE consultant
Implementing recovery through Organisational Change (ImROC)

Dr Brandon Kohrt

Dr Brandon Kohrt

Investigator

HOPE collaborator
George Washington University

Dr Sauharda Rai

Dr Sauharda Rai

Investigator

HOPE collaborator
George Washington University

Dr Phil Timms

Dr Phil Timms

Collaborator/consultant

HOPE consultant
King's College London

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