Jae is a psychiatrist, global mental health researcher, and founder of Empower Through Health. He has worked in the Busoga region of Uganda since 2015, developing long-term collaborations with Ugandan public health leaders, clinicians, researchers, and community members. These relationships helped lay the foundation for Empower Through Health, which was established in 2018 to advance health, education, and community-led development in rural Uganda. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington. His research focuses on how community structures can be leveraged to improve mental health outcomes in underserved populations, particularly in low-resource settings. He completed his psychiatry residency at Yale University and received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, where he was the inaugural McDonnell Scholar and Distinguished Alumni Scholar.

Dr. Alexander Tsai is a board-certified psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He leads ETH's global research portfolio and oversees all scientific collaborations, data governance, and methodological development across Empower Through Health's research programs in Uganda and the United States. His own research focuses on understanding how large-scale social pathogens such as stigma, discrimination, and structural violence affect the distribution and treatment of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Tsai completed his psychiatry residency training at the University of California at San Francisco and a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program at Harvard University.

Dr. Rosenheck is an internationally recognized mental health services researcher and a leading expert in the cost-effectiveness of behavioral health interventions and the evaluation of large health care systems. He was a principal architect of national collaborative programs between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Social Security Administration. He has authored over 900 scientific papers on topics including mental health system performance, quality of care, homelessness, service financing, and the cost-effectiveness of treatments for serious mental illness, PTSD, and more. His global mental health research spans China, Brazil, Nigeria, and Ghana. He currently serves as Professor of Psychiatry, Public Health, and at the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine, where he directs the Division of Mental Health Services and Outcomes Research in the Department of Psychiatry.

Camryn is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She became involved with ETH in the summer of 2023 when she traveled to Mpunde Village as part of the GHEF program to conduct mental health research. Inspired by her experience in Uganda, she founded and has since developed the Educate Mpunde Project, where she serves as the chief visionary and lead fundraiser. Through this initiative, she is committed to expanding the scope of ETH’s work by providing access to high-quality education for the children of Mpunde Village. Camryn is passionate about creating a lasting impact on global health and education and remains dedicated to advocating for sustainable development initiatives that empower individuals and communities both locally and internationally.

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Dr. Robert Rohrbaugh is Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and Deputy Dean for Professionalism and Leadership where he leads efforts to promote faculty professionalism, leadership development and wellbeing.  He is Founding Director of the Office of Global Health Education and is Associate Dean for Global Health Education at YSM.  He has held key roles in undergraduate and graduate medical education, global health, and curriculum innovation at Yale and previously served as Clinical Director of VA-CT Mental Health Service Line. He co-founded the Bellagio Global Health Education Initiative to promote equity in global health education and played a pivotal role in shaping China’s national residency training model.

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Hailing from the Busoga Region of eastern Uganda, Dr. Waiswa is a renowned Ugandan medical doctor and researcher who has made significant contributions to the field of maternal-newborn-child health and health systems. He is an Associate Professor at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, and has led several innovative initiatives that aim to improve newborn health and development in low- and middle-income countries, using evidence-based approaches and community engagement. He has also served as an advisor for various global organizations such as the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Save the Children and others on maternal-newborn-child health issues.

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Dr. Willcox is a Clinical Researcher at the University of Oxford and a General Practitioner in Oxford, UK. His research centers on improving global health, particularly in primary health care for disadvantaged populations and traditional medicine. Dr. Willcox has pioneered several clinical trials involving herbal medicines in various countries and co-founded the Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods (RITAM). Currently, he is working on two projects: HURAPRIM, focusing on Human Resources for Primary Care in Africa, and MUTHI, a multidisciplinary initiative for traditional health. In his spare time, Dr. Willcox devotes his efforts to a local health center for the homeless in Oxford.

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