Who we are
FundaMentalSDG is an initiative aiming to strengthen mental health in the Sustainbable Development Goals (SDG). 

​FundaMentalSDG Co-ordination
Ms. Nicole Votruba                      
Email: fundamentalsdg[at]gmail.com
Professor Graham Thornicroft  
Email: graham.thornicroft[at]kcl.ac.uk

The FundaMentalSDG Steering Group

​The #FundaMentalSDG initiative is led by the #FundaMentalSDG Steering Group, composed of the following leaders in the field of global mental health, drawn from a wide range of service user, carer, advocacy, policy, service delivery and research organisations.
If you wish to have more specific local or regional information, please email specific SG members directly.
  • Dr Florence Baingana, MB ChB, MM(Psychiatry), MSc (HPPF), Uganda, Makerere University School of Public Health 
  • Professor Dinesh Bhugra, UK, President Elect, World Psychiatric Association
  • Dr. Julian Eaton, Togo, CBM  
  • Ms. Kathryn Goetzke, MBA, USA, iFred, The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression
  • Professor Oye Gureje, Nigeria, PAM-D NIH Collaborative Hub for International Research in Mental Health; University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Dr. Gabriel Ivbijaro, UK, World Federation for Mental Health 
  • Mr. Jagannath Lamichhane, Nepal, Movement for Global Mental Health 
  • Professor Crick Lund, South Africa, PRIME consortium & AFFIRM NIH Collaborative Hub for International Research in Mental Health  
  • Ms. Jess McQuail, UK, BasicNeeds
  • Professor Harry Minas, Australia, Melbourne University, International Mental Health Centre 
  • Dr. Juliet Nakku, Uganda, Makerere University/ Butabika National Hospital
  • Professor David M. Ndetei, Kenya, University of Nairobi, Africa Mental Health Foundation
  • Ms. Tina Ntulo, Uganda, BasicNeeds Foundation Uganda 
  • Professor Vikram Patel, UK/India, Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Sangath and the Public Health Foundation of India, India
  • Professor Kathleen M. Pike, USA, Executive Director & Scientific Co-Director, Global Mental Health Program, Columbia University
  • Dr. Shoba Raja, India, BasicNeeds 
  • Professor Benedetto Saraceno, Switzerland, Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform
  • Professor Norman Sartorius, Switzerland, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes
  • Dr. Shekhar Saxena, Switzerland, Technical advice 
  • Professor Paul Summergrad, USA, President, American Psychiatric Association; Chairman, Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Professor Ezra Susser, USA, Rede Americas NIH Collaborative Hub for International Research in Mental Health 
  • Dr. R. Thara, India, Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) 
  • Professor Graham Thornicroft, UK, Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London 
  • Mr. Chris Underhill, UK, Basic Needs 
  • Professor Robert Van Voren, The Netherlands, Mental Health in Human Rights (F-GIP)
  • Ms. Nicole Votruba, Germany, #FundaMentalSDG Co-ordinator 
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