Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:00pm – 7:30pm CT
Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, Room 1150
(3135 N. Maryland Ave)
Free and open to the public
Hybrid event: register for in-person or zoom attendance at this link

Salud mental en comunidad: a dialogue with Latin American Women Science Researchers. Dr. Zelde Espinel.

CLACS is delighted to partner with UW-Milwaukee’s mhSEVA lab (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences) for a 3-talk Global Mental Health Talk Series this fall in honor of Latine Heritage Month.

This three-part Global Mental Health Talk Series brings to spotlight innovative approaches to community mental health in Latin America, led by women researchers and professionals committed to social transformation. This colloquium series will explore mental health interventions with displaced and refugee populations, collective care models, and the integration of mental health into community and primary care. Presentations will emphasize participatory, gender-responsive strategies grounded in lived experience, action research, and collaboration.

In this first lecture we are joined by Dr. Zelde Espinel, a Colombian psychiatrist, psycho-oncologist, and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Dr. Espinel’s work bridges clinical care, training, and global mental health. She has contributed to research on disaster psychiatry, including mental health responses to climate-related crises and the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Espinel has been deeply involved in global initiatives, including supporting displaced Colombian women through evidence-based mental health interventions such as Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). Since 2020, she has provided clinical supervision to psychologists across Venezuela, Peru, and Ecuador, training them in IPT to address the psychosocial needs of Venezuelan migrants.

This talk will be in English and/or with English interpretation, with refreshments provided. Cosponsored by the Nagy lab at UW-Milwaukee (Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences).