Reducing Black mental illness stigma
Dr. Joseph Adu is a postdoctoral fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University with research interest in mental illness stigma and Black families’ mental health in Canada and the Global South. Dr. Adu is also a public health expert with research experience in health-care delivery in Ghana, particularly maternal health care, pregnancy outcomes and noncommunicable diseases policies and management, as well as administrative experience in managing Mamprobi Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
Dr. Adu is a highly skilled practitioner with over 20 years of international experience working in the fields of health care and education. He has extensive teaching in health behaviour, social determinants of health, health promotion, health sociology, health psychology and community mental health. Dr. Adu currently serves as an academic editor for PlosOne Global Health Journal and a reviewer for the International Journal of Homelessness and the Qualitative Health Research Journal. Dr. Adu obtained his BA in psychology with sociology and a master of philosophy in business administration (health services management option) from the University of Ghana, as well as a master of science degree in medicine from Memorial University in Newfoundland. He recently completed his PhD in health and rehabilitation sciences at Western University. Dr. Adu also holds a diploma in general nursing from the Sekondi Nurses’ College in Ghana.
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“I am proud to be an inaugural recipient of this fellowship as it offers me a unique opportunity to contribute to ongoing complex issues facing Black communities and families in Canada and beyond. I am grateful to TMU for their leadership in creating these opportunities to develop the intellectual and research capacities of emerging Black scholars to join in the fight against complex social problems in our communities.”