Helen Jack
Helen Jack is a primary care physician and researcher on faculty at
University of Washington. She also holds a Visiting Researcher
position at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience
at King's College London (KCL). In her role at KCL, Helen has taught
in and designed evaluation strategies for NIH and Welcome
Trust-funded mental health capacity building programs in southern
Africa. In addition to capacity-building, her global mental health
research focuses on recruitment, retention, and training of mental
health workers and integration of mental health into primary care. A
workforce study she conducted in Ghana with a Yale
University-University of Ghana team was used as part of advocacy
efforts for the passage of new mental health legislation in Ghana. In
addition to global mental health work, Helen has done US-based
research on the role of lay health workers in substance use treatment and chronic disease management. Helen has a deep commitment to blending research and advocacy and has held a number of national-level leadership positions with Amnesty International USA. Helen graduated summa cum laude from Yale University; received a second BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar; earned her MD from Harvard Medical School in 2018; and completed Internal Medicine residency at University of Washington.
Helen Jack is a primary care physician and researcher on faculty at
University of Washington. She also holds a Visiting Researcher
position at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience
at King's College London (KCL). In her role at KCL, Helen has taught
in and designed evaluation strategies for NIH and Welcome
Trust-funded mental health capacity building programs in southern
Africa. In addition to capacity-building, her global mental health
research focuses on recruitment, retention, and training of mental
health workers and integration of mental health into primary care. A
workforce study she conducted in Ghana with a Yale
University-University of Ghana team was used as part of advocacy
efforts for the passage of new mental health legislation in Ghana. In
addition to global mental health work, Helen has done US-based
research on the role of lay health workers in substance use treatment and chronic disease management. Helen has a deep commitment to blending research and advocacy and has held a number of national-level leadership positions with Amnesty International USA. Helen graduated summa cum laude from Yale University; received a second BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar; earned her MD from Harvard Medical School in 2018; and completed Internal Medicine residency at University of Washington.
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