Brian J. Hall, PhD is the Founding Director of the Center for Global Health Equity and Professor of Global Public Health at NYU Shanghai. As a recognized authority on public mental health and migration, Hall served as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission for Mental Health in China. He served as an Adviser to the Expert Consultation and regional policy development on the WHO Future of Mental Health in the Western Pacific Region. He was the academic lead for the Migration, Displacement, and Climate Change Research Agenda Setting for the Western Pacific Region with the World Health Organization. Hall was the inaugural Global Mental Health Fellow of the World Health Organization. He participated in the formulation of the scalable mental health program launched by the WHO, including Step-by-Step, the WHO scalable digital mental health intervention which Hall culturally adapted and trialed for Overseas Filipino Workers and Chinese young adults.

Hall is the recipient of numerous awards, including the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, APA fellow, and an inductee into the Delta Omega Honorary Society for Public Health.

Hall has co-authored more than 340 journal articles and other publications and is a Clarivate 1% highly cited researcher. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 

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