Brandon Kohrt
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, George Washington University
Education:
- MD, Emory University (2009)
- PhD, Emory University (2009)
Leadership Positions:
- Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences — George Washington University
- Founder — Atlanta Asylum Network for Torture Survivors
Publications:
- Burgess A, Wahid SS, Ottman K, Kieling C, Mondelli V, Kohrt BA, et al. Detection of risk for future depression among adolescents: Stakeholder views of acceptability and feasibility in the United Kingdom. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 1
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Zajkowska Z, Gullett N, Walsh A, Zonca V, Pedersen GA, Souza L, et al. Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022 Feb;136:105625.
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Gurung D, Poudyal A, Wang YL, Neupane M, Bhattarai K, Wahid SS, et al. Stigma against mental health disorders in Nepal conceptualised with a ‘what matters most’ framework: a scoping review. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2022 Jan 28;31:e11.
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Latham RM, Kieling C, Arseneault L, Kohrt BA, Moffitt TE, Rasmussen LJH, et al. Longitudinal associations between adolescents’ individualised risk for depression and inflammation in a UK cohort study. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 Jan 3;101:78–83.
Biography:
Dr. Brandon Kohrt is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. As an internationally recognized global mental health expert, he works with populations affected by war-related trauma, torture, environmental disasters, and chronic stressor of poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to healthcare.
Dr. Kohrt has worked in Nepal since 1996 and has been advisor to Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal since 2006. He has collaborated with The Carter Center Mental Health Program in Liberia since 2010. He has investigated the mental health consequences of and designed interventions for child soldiers and earthquake survivors in Nepal. He collaborated on development of a Nepali school-based youth suicide prevention program. In Liberia, he designed programs to reduce stigma among youth and adults impacted by mental illness, political violence, and the Ebola virus outbreak, and co-designed a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program for police officers. He has collaborated on interventions for children with Nodding Syndrome in Uganda and children affected by HIV and political violence in Nigeria. In addition, he has worked in Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Haiti and India.
Dr. Kohrt has published over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He co-edited the book Global Mental Health: Anthropological Perspectives, which was honored with the creative scholarship award of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. He has received research funding from NIMH, Grand Challenges Canada, UNICEF, the Fulbright Program, HopeLab, and the Jacobs Foundation. His clinical work addresses cross-cultural psychiatry specializing in refugees and immigrant populations. He founded the Atlanta Asylum Network for Torture Survivors and consults on suicide prevention programs for Bhutanese Nepali refugees. Dr. Kohrt has developed a global mental health training program in Nepal for students in medicine, public health, and anthropology.
COMPILED BY: Elizabeth Chong, Emory College, 02/17/2022