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Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH

Hayworth Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

Professor of Epidemiology

Director of Global Mental Health

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Department of Psychiatry
CB #7160
Chapel HIll, NC 27599

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Bradley N. Gaynes, MD, MPH

Hayworth Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

Professor of Epidemiology

Director of Global Mental Health

Areas of Interest

Global Mental Health; Assessment and Management of Psychiatric Illness in Low- and Middle-income countries; Mental Health Implementation Science

About

Dr. Gaynes’s research focuses on the development and implementation of evidence-based management strategies to treat mental illness, with an emphasis on large-scale clinical trials and health services research. He is an expert in measurement-based-care depression management using pharmacologic and cognitive behavioral interventions, like the Friendship Bench (FB). His efforts combine clinical trial expertise and the use of evidence-based treatment algorithms for managing depressive illness in non-psychiatric medical settings. He is nationally and internationally recognized for my clinical and research efforts on integrating mental health and primary care and translating evidence-based psychiatric care into real-world psychiatric and primary care practices, with a special focus on disseminating evidence-based psychiatric interventions in HIV settings in low- and middle-income countries. He has led or co-led pilots, demonstration projects, full-scale effectiveness trials, and implementation trials in this area in the US, Vietnam, Cameroon, and Malawi.

Awards and honors

  • Hayworth Distinguished Professor of Mood Disorders at the University of North Carolina (2022)
  • Senior Scholar Health Services Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association (2022)

Memberships

  • American College of Psychiatrists

In the news

  • Malawi-mental-health-friendshipbench-training-studies

    A Path for Scaling Mental Health Treatment in Low-Income Countries: Results from the SHARP Trial

    Globally, mental health disorders rank as the greatest cause of disability and a leading contributor to the burden of disease. While the U.S. may struggle to meet the need for quality mental healthcare, treatment in most low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries – where 80% of those with mental illness live – is extremely limited. The … Read more

  • mentalhealthmalawi-friendshipbench

    The Friendship Bench, Reimagining Mental Healthcare in Malawi

    A new study published in Lancet-Global Health introduces the results of a five-year trial in Malawi that tested two implementation strategies for integrating mental health with general medical care. Led by UNC Institute for Global Health members Bradley Gaynes and Brian Pence, the study includes a cost-effectiveness analysis that will help inform scale-up decisions about the relative benefits of implementing … Read more

  • Faces-HIV-Research

    Some of the Many Faces of HIV Research: Treatment, Prevention and Pursuing a Cure

    HIV virus eradication is a complex health challenge due to its long-lived persistence and how it hides in latently infected cells that escape the body’s immune system. Effective HIV treatments have decreased the likelihood of someone developing AIDS, while helping individuals live long and healthy lives without transmission to sexual partners. But for individuals with long-standing … Read more

  • nancie-archin-2022-research

    IGHID Investigators Discuss Projects As New Academic Year Begins

    Global health research is a collaborative process, and each researcher at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases contributes a piece to solving the puzzle of disease and morbidity. With a new academic year underway, read what some of our investigators are working on to improve the health of global populations. Their multi-disciplinary findings will be … Read more

Education

  • Undergraduate

    Brown University

  • Post-Baccalaureate

    Brown University

  • M.D.

    University of Virginia School of Medicine

  • M.P.H.

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar (1995-1997)

    UNC Chapel Hill