Pressure Points: Leading mental health innovation

Name: Pressure Points: Leading mental health innovation
Start: 2026-10-01T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-01T13:45:00-04:00
Location: The Studio & Online

Mental Health

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Location

The Studio & Online

Event Type

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Event Type

From Around the School, Lectures/Seminars/Forums

Presented jointly with the Harvard Chan Advanced Learning Academy

Mental health needs are rising globally, with young people facing particularly persistent challenges. At the same time, advances in technology and digital health are creating new opportunities for prevention, earlier intervention, and expanded access. Join this panel of experts for a forward-looking conversation about how health leaders can evaluate emerging approaches, overcome systemic barriers, and translate innovation into effective, equitable, and sustainable mental health care at scale.

An on-demand video will be posted after the event.

Advanced Learning Academy’s upcoming class on mental health: Mental Health Leadership Transformation Through Innovation (December 7-10, 2026 | Online)

Speakers

Vikram Patel

Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Shekhar Saxena

Former Professor of the Practice of Global Mental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Program Director of Mental Health Leadership: Transformation Through Innovation, Harvard Chan Advanced Learning Academy

Lydia Anne Shrier

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kevin Simon

First Chief Behavioral Health Officer for the City of Boston

Moderator

Rifat Atun

Dean for Education and Innovation

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