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Prof. Angela Ofori-Atta is the Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Ghana. She founded and directs the Psych Corps, a program which delivers psychology first aid alongside community psychiatry nurses. She is an accomplished author of several research articles and a book on Trends in Mental Health Research in Ghana. She researches mental health and faith healing camps and is part of the Escaping Poverty Randomized Control Trial where her cognitive behavioral intervention is being tested against conventional economic programs. Angie has a weekly radio show called Beautiful minds (accessible on FaceBook at Asaase Radio 99.5) which seeks to build resilience in listeners. She serves on the boards of The Enterprise Group and Databank. She is married to Ken Ofori-Atta, a Henry Crown fellow of the Go Forth class and is herself a Fellow of Totum Bonum, the second West African class of the African Leadership Initiative.
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