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Expert Groups

Expert Groups have been formed in a way that is loosely coincident with condition-specific or risk-factor-specific interests. Each group will have an Expert Group Leader or Co-Leaders, Core Member, Advisory Member and Corresponding Members. Each Expert Group will agree upon and submit its own estimates and epidemiological reviews to the Core Team.



Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group


The Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group falls under Cluster C: Injuries and Mental Health. The Cluster leader (core member) is Theo Vos. The Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group co-leaders are Louisa Degenhardt and Harvey Whiteford.

Members


Professor Louisa Degenhardt
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Professor Harvey Whiteford
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane

Professor John McGrath
University of Queensland, Brisbane

Professor Wayne Hall
University of Queensland, Brisbane

Dr Guilherme Polanczyk
Institute of Psychiatry, London

Dr Shekhar Saxena
World Health Organisation, Geneva

Professor Oye Gureje
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Dr Ronald Kessler
Harvard University, Boston

Dr Cille Kennedy
DHHS/ASPE, Washington DC

Dr Maria Elena Medina-Mora
National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City

Professor Martin Prince
Institute of Psychiatry, London



Corresponding Members


Dr Peter Allebeck
Department of Health Sciences, Section for social medicine

Dr Kristen Archer
John Hopkins Medicine

Professor Santosh Chaturvedi
National Insitute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

Professor Stephen Lawrie
University of Edinbrugh

Professor Paulo Lotufo
School of Medicine, University of Sao

Dr Michael Lynskey
Washington Univeristy School of Medicine

Dr Tahereh Moradi
Researcher

Dr Paul Yip
The University of Hong Kong

Dr Nicolas Clark
World Health Organisation

Dr Wilson Compton
National Insitute on Drug Abuse

Dr Sorava Seedat
University of Stellenbosch

Dr Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos
Universitario de Ia Princesa

Dr Hans Wijbrand Hoek
Parnassia

Dr Vladimir Poznyak
World Health Organisation

Dr Hugh Hendrie
Inidan University for Ageing Research

Paul Griffiths
EMCDDA

Dr Bradley Mathers
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Professor Jim Anthony
Michigan State Univeristy

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