National Institute of Mental Health webinar series focused on disability, equity, and mental health research
Upcoming webinar introduces approaches to meaningfully integrate people with disabilities into research.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is hosting a webinar series on disability, equity, and mental health research. These are great opportunities to learn more about how inclusion can positively impact research. Learn more about upcoming sessions and register below.
Date: Thursday, August 8
Time: 1-2:30 p.m. EST
Topic: Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership and Co-Production
This webinar will introduce a range of approaches to meaningfully integrate individuals with lived experiences of psychiatric disabilities into mental health research.
Nev Jones, Ph.D., will discuss proven methods of integration and co-creation, including co-production, integration, and co-leadership, and highlight ways in which the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) research portfolio would benefit from greater emphasis on and high standards for meaningful inclusion.
Register for August 8 webinar.
Date: Monday, September 9
Time: 2-3:30 p.m. EST
Topic: Framework for Understanding Structural Ableism in Health Care
In this webinar, Dielle Lundberg, M.P.H., and Jessica Chen, Ph.D., will introduce a conceptual framework outlining pathways through which structural ableism in public health and health care may contribute to health inequities for “people who are disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, mad, and/or living with mental illness” (Lundberg & Chen, 2023).