Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in the Era of COVID-19: With a Special Focus on the Impact of the Pandemic on Communities of Color

A Virtual Workshop

The first webinar will focus on how COVID-19 has revealed and exacerbated mental health and substance use disorders, with a special focus on the impact of the pandemic on communities of color.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health
• Nora Volkow, MD, Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health
• Brian Smedley, PhD, Chief of Psychology in the Public Interest, Acting Chief Diversity Officer, American Psychological Association
• Michelle A. Williams, SM, ScD, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Angelopoulos Professor in Public Health and International Development, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

Confirmed speakers include:

• Brendan Saloner, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Margarita Alegría, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Disparities Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Ruth Shim, MD, MPH, Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Howard C. Stevenson, PhD, Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division, Professor of Africana Studies, Director, Racial Empowerment Collaborative, Director, Forward Promise, University of Pennsylvania

Confirmed speakers include:

• Albert Wu, MD, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Arthur Evans Jr., PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, American Psychological Association

Disclaimer: No endorsement of the National Academies, its programs or services, by NIH is intended.