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.AtwoliholdskeyleadershiprolesincludingPresidentoftheAfrican College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AfCNP), Secretary-General of theAfricanAssociationofPsychiatrists(AAP),ChairpersonoftheBoard oftheMathariNationalTeachingandReferralHospitalinKenya,andco- Chair of the Board on Global Health of the US NationalAcademies 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 PsychiatricAssociation (IFAPA), the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S), and election to the US National Academy of Medicine(NAM).