Prof. Lukoye Atwoli

Prof. Lukoye Atwoli is a leading Psychiatrist, currently serving as the

Dean of the Aga Khan University Medical College in East Africa, the

Deputy Director of the Brain and Mind Institute, AKU, and a practicing

Psychiatrist at the university’s hospital in Nairobi. He has an extensive

academic background, including a PhD from the University of Cape

Town, focusing on trauma and PTSD in South Africa. As a member of

the World Mental Health Surveys Consortium, Prof. Atwoli is widely

published, with research interests in trauma, PTSD, genetics of mental

disorders, children and youth mental health, as well as HIV-related

mental health.

Prof. Atwoli holds key leadership roles including President of the African

College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AfCNP), Secretary-General of

the African Association of Psychiatrists (AAP), Chairperson of the Board

of the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, and co-

Chair of the Board on Global Health of the US National Academies of

Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. As a strong mental health

advocate, he has influenced policies both in Kenya and internationally,

earning him honors such as the International Fellow of the American

Psychiatric Association (IFAPA), the Moran of the Order of the Burning

Spear (M.B.S), and election to the US National Academy of Medicine

(NAM).