Media

Presentations and Webinars

• There is no health without mental health! Global Mental Health – What is it and why does it matter? 29th Annual Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Lecture, School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,  March 24, 2026.

• Forging A Path Forward for Global Mental Health, And Its Importance in USAID’s Global Development Work. Blog in Medium. May 30, 2024.

• Implementing Collaborative Care Models to Improve Pediatric Outcomes:  A Shared Vision. Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of South Florida. September 28, 2023.

• Predictors of Smoking Abstinence Self-Efficacy in a Sample of Individuals Ambivalent about Quitting. Poster presentation by George Danquah at the 2023 Graduate Student Research Symposium. Tampa, FL, USA. March 20, 2023.

• No health without mental health! Integrating depression care with HIV prevention and treatment services. Invited lecture for the University of Arizona Global Health Speaker Series, presented on January 19, 2023. The need for mental health services globally is unprecedented, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet most people in both high and low-resource settings in need of mental health services go without, creating a mental health “service gap.” The field of Global Mental Health is dedicated to closing that gap. Today, Dr. Galea spoke about integrated HIV and mental health care in the context of increasing access to evidence-based mental health services for all.

• "It's like you need the participants, but you're not willing to invest in them": Exploring stakeholders' perceptions of incentives in the U.S. HIV research enterprise: Poster and oral presentations by Karah Greene at the 2022 Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R) Annual Conference, December 13, 2022, Virtual event.

• Usability Evaluation of a Mental Health Resource Chatbot (Tabatha-YYC). Poster presentation by Gabriella Sanabria at the United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 8-11, 2022, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.

• Community input to develop an online platform for older adults aging with HIV: preliminary results from potential users in three U.S. cities. Poster presentation by Karah Greene at the 24th International AIDS Conference, July 29 – August 2, 2022, Montreal, Canada, Hybrid Event

• After the Bootcamp: What was learned and discussion of advocacy and strategies for change in mental health. This podcast episode focuses on what participants learned from the January 28, 2022 University of South Florida (USF) College of Public Health Activist Lab Bootcamp on mental health advocacy and strategies for change. Guests: Dr. Jerome Galea, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, USF College of Behavioral and Community Sciences who shares his expertise on mental health research and outreach and two Bootcamp participants, Ivory Hayes and Jeanine Ashforth, who provide information on what their Bootcamp breakouts groups recommended for changes in the community and with veterans related to mental health, respectively. April 14, 2022.

• The Process of Designing a Chatbot to Link Youth to Mental Health Resources. Poster presentation by Kierra Cydrus for the Annual 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference at USF. April 7, 2022.

• Hablemos de salud mental durante la pandemia. College of Public Health, University of South Florida. January 28, 2022.

• El cuidado de pacientes con tuberculosis con un enfoque de justicia social y los determinantes de salud. USF Health International and Global Virus Network’s Global Health Conversation Series. November 18, 2021.

• Co-designing a digital intervention to alleviate social isolation of people aging with HIV during the COVID-19 pademic and beyond. Poster presentation by Karah Greene at International Workshop on HIV & Aging, 2021, Virtual Workshop, September 23-24, 2021.

• A Solution to Halt Further Isolation of People Aging with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presentation by Karah Greene at the Florida HIV Community, Provider, and Researcher (CPR) Conference, [delivered online due to COVID-19] April 29-30, 2021.

• Using a chatbot to address psychological distress among first responders. Presentation by Kristin Kosyluk, Jerome Galea and Tanner Baeder for the Virtual NAMICon Conference, July 27-28, 2021.

• The Importance of Mental Health and Strategies for Success in Gay Men and Transgender Women. (Podcast) University of South Florida Advocation podcast. August 12, 2020.

• Depression and HIV Care Services for Transgender Women and Gay Men. Public Health In A Minute (video). August 12, 2020.

• There is No Health Without Mental Health: Integrating Depression Care with HIV Prevention and Care Services for Gay Men and Transgender Women-presented.  USF College of Public Health. February 28, 2020.

• Learning from the Field: The Mental Health Management of MDR-TB in Peru. (Video)

• Preparing for a virtual village to assist people aging with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. Network for Social Behavioral Research in HIV and Aging,  May 13, 2021. (00:00 to 19:33)