Mohamed Ibrahim
Co-investigator
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in the School of Social Work, an affiliated investigator at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI), and is currently the Principal Investigator of a VCHRI Team Grant in building clinical capacity for frontline mental health clinicians in community health settings. Dr. Ibrahim’s other global mental health research includes supporting a World Health Organization mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) project in the context of peacebuilding in Somalia. He is also PI for a Hampton Grant (UBC internal) investigating the role of user-led organizations in Kenya in decolonizing the mental health services. Dr. Ibrahim’s research focuses on integrating mental health services in primary health care and addressing human right issues within the health care system. Before joining academia, he worked in the health sector for over 20 years in community health in Kenya, refugee health with Medicines Sans Frontiers at Dadaab refugee camp, SoS International in Somalia, and mental health and addiction in Kenya, Canada and the USA in acute, tertiary and community mental health settings.