Global Mental Health in Humanitarian and Development Contexts
Mental health has emerged as a major global health issue in the 21st century. This presentation will describe the current global situation with respect to mental health needs and services with a focus on low-income countries. Discussion will include how descriptions of mental health vary across populations and cultures; the need not only to address mental health for its own sake but also its impact on the effectiveness of humanitarian and development programming generally; and consequently, the need to integrate mental health into these programs.Paul Bolton is a senior scientist in the Department of Mental Health and the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more than three decades, he has worked at the leading edge of the field of global mental health, focusing on program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He has conducted research across several global settings including North America, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Central and…
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus. Location Details: Hybrid: In-person (with food) in MedEd 216A (145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111), and on Zoom. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Interns and Residents. Postdoctoral Fellows. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. Event Subject: Global Engagement. Clinical Care. Health/Wellness. Speaker Name: Paul Bolton. RSVP Information: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K2QBViRVTICuIac2fe2DNA#/registration. Event Contact Name: Kim Burke. Event Contact Email: Kimberly.Burke@tufts.edu.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit tufts.zoom.us. From Particle Physics to Innovative Imaging Scanners: Lecture with Fulbright Scholar José María Benlloch
Fulbright scholar José María Benlloch will summarize the new technologies in diagnostic imaging that are being developed by the lecturer and his group. The new techniques tend to democratize the use of medical imaging and therapy so that they can be extended to the entire world population, in line with the objectives of the World Health Organization. Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), together with post-processing methods based on non-generative artificial intelligence (AI), is making it possible to obtain quality images of the human body using portable equipment with permanent magnets. Such scanners can be used for the diagnosis and screening of numerous diseases at a significantly lower cost than conventional high-field equipment. The advent of new drugs against Alzheimer's might trigger the development of brain positron emission tomography (PET) dedicated equipment for diagnosing and monitoring the disease. Whole-body PET needs to reduce its costs substantially to be used universally. However,…
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Location Details: 574 Boston Ave. room 402. Open to Public: No. Primary Audience: Faculty. Postdoctoral Fellows. Staff. Students (Graduate). Students (Postdoctoral). Students (Undergraduate). Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar. Event Subject: Global Engagement. Engineering/Technology. Speaker Name: José María Benlloch. Event Contact Name: Christine Hollenhorst. Event Contact Email: christine.hollenhorst@tufts.edu.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Exhibit Opening: Children Draw War, Not Flowers
Children Draw War, Not Flowers is a traveling exhibit of drawings that will be on view at Tisch Library in mid-November through late January. A selection of drawings is featured from over 450 artworks created by Ukrainian children from Cherkasy city and region as well as by children from internally displaced families who found temporary homes in Cherkasy region, Ukraine. The art was created in the Fall of 2022, during the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War that began in February 2022. The Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library held a drawing competition in 40 public regional libraries, where more than 220,000 displaced people resided at that moment.
An exhibit overview and brief remarks will be given including from guest Ulia Gosart of San Jose State University. A short film by Volodymyr Sydko will be screened in Tisch Library room 304 during the exhibit opening.
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Location Details: Lower Atrium. Wheelchair Accessible: Yes. Open to Public: Yes. Event Type: Exhibition. Event Subject: Arts. Humanities. Social Justice/Human Rights. RSVP Information: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/15522458. Event Contact Name: Anna Kijas. Event Contact Email: anna.kijas@tufts.edu.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
For more info visit tischlibrary.tufts.edu. Sunday Concert Series: Tufts Flute Ensemble
The Flute Ensemble presents a fun, intriguing, and varied program of music from the 17th to the 21st century featuring bass, alto, C-flute, and piccolo. Nina Barwell, director.
Room: Distler Performance Hall. Campus: Medford/Somerville campus. Open to Public: Yes.
Sunday, November 23, 2025, 3:00 PM.