Alexander Tsai, MD
Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Center of Expertise on Global and Community Health
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Affiliated Faculty Member, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Honorary Lecturer, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Affiliated Faculty Member, Opportunity for Health
Board of Directors, Empower Through Health
Co-Editor in Chief, Social Science and Medicine - Mental Health
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I am a psychiatrist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. My research focuses on understanding how large-scale social pathogens such as stigma, discrimination, and structural violence affect the distribution of mental health outcomes both in the U.S. and in eastern/southern Africa. I have a secondary appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where I teach psychiatric epidemiology and co-direct the T32 training program in psychiatric epidemiology and biostatistics. In recognition of my sustained contributions to science I was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2021 and the American College of Psychiatrists in 2023. Prior to my appointment at Mass General, I completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program at Harvard University; my residency training in general adult psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco; and my internship in medicine, neurology, and psychiatry at the University of Washington.