Helen Jack
Helen Jack is a third year medical student at Harvard Medical School. She also holds a Visiting Researcher position at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King's College London. In her role at KCL, Helen works on mental health system strengthening and capacity building in Zimbabwe. She teaches research methods courses at University of Zimbabwe's Department of Psychiatry as part of the NIH and Wellcome Trust-funded capacity building programs. Her global mental health research focuses on recruitment and retention of mental health workers and mental health systems analysis. A workforce study she conducted in Ghana with a Yale-University of Ghana team, was used as part of advocacy efforts for the passage of Ghana's new mental health legislation. In addition to global mental health work, Helen has done US-based research on the role of lay health workers in chronic disease management. Outside of academia, she has held a number of national-level leadership positions with Amnesty International USA and is currently helping coordinate a group of medical students who are advocating for increased access to substance use treatment in Massachusetts. Helen graduated from Yale University in 2012. Following graduation, she got a second BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Helen Jack is a third year medical student at Harvard Medical School. She also holds a Visiting Researcher position at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King's College London. In her role at KCL, Helen works on mental health system strengthening and capacity building in Zimbabwe. She teaches research methods courses at University of Zimbabwe's Department of Psychiatry as part of the NIH and Wellcome Trust-funded capacity building programs. Her global mental health research focuses on recruitment and retention of mental health workers and mental health systems analysis. A workforce study she conducted in Ghana with a Yale-University of Ghana team, was used as part of advocacy efforts for the passage of Ghana's new mental health legislation. In addition to global mental health work, Helen has done US-based research on the role of lay health workers in chronic disease management. Outside of academia, she has held a number of national-level leadership positions with Amnesty International USA and is currently helping coordinate a group of medical students who are advocating for increased access to substance use treatment in Massachusetts. Helen graduated from Yale University in 2012. Following graduation, she got a second BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
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