Home About Us Divisions Centers & Programs RWJF Programs Fellowships Research   People Events Directions   Related Sites Site Map About this Site (Online Giving)   Contact Us 30 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1293 (732) 932-8415 Email: webmaster		About Us » Lectures, Seminars & Events: Upcoming • All Events 11/5/2009 Examining Outcomes for Persons with Schizophrenia Cross-Nationally: What Can We Learn? Brown Bag Seminar Series Kim Hopper Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Thursday, November 05, 2009, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Institute Conference Room, 30 College Ave. Dr. Kim Hopper is Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health and Adjunct Professor, School of Law, Columbia University. He is a medical anthropologist who also works as a research scientist at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. He is author of Reckoning with Homelessness (Cornell University Press, 2003), a stocktaking of two decades of research, advocacy, and theoretical work in that field and co-editor of Recovery from Schizophrenia: An International Perspective, a report from the WHO collaborative study on the long-term course and outcomes of schizophrenia. Since 1979, Dr. Hopper has done ethnographic and historical research on psychiatric care and homelessness, chiefly in New York City. Active in homeless advocacy efforts since 1980, he served as President of the National Coalition for the Homeless from 1991-1993. His current research includes the reconfiguration of public mental health, cross-cultural studies of psychotic disorder, community-based modalities of coercion, and dimensions of recovery and support in severe mental illness. Upcoming Events: 12/3/2009, 12:00 pm Slouching Toward Health Care Reform Sara Rosenbaum All Events...   Event Information: For more information on events sponsored by the Institute, write to webmaster or call our main number (732) 932-8413.