Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta
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Angela Ofori-Atta is an Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry, University of Ghana, Chairperson of the Ghana Psychology Council, and founder of the Psych Corps. Angie pioneered how to teach young people in public schools about AIDS, set up mental health services in Ghana’s most deprived region and organized volunteers for the children's ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. She ran a randomized control trial in a prayer camp to reduce the use of physical restraints, was co-principal investigator for the DFID funded Mental Health and Poverty Project Research Consortium, and has collaborated on Sankofa, an NIH funded study on pediatric HIV AIDS disclosure in Ghana. Angie actively advocated for the passage of Ghana’s mental health law passed in 2012 and has co-authored “Changing Trends in Mental Health Care and Research in Ghana”. In corporate life, She is a director on the Boards of the Enterprise Group and Databank Financial Services Group. She is married to Ken Ofori-Atta, a Henry Crown fellow of the Go Forth class and is herself a Fellow of the second West African class of the African Leadership Initiative.
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