Jerome Galea is the USAID Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Coordinator.
As Coordinator, Jerome works to promote the integration of MHPSS practices throughout the Agency and leads engagement with global partners, partner governments, donors, philanthropy, and local organizations to strengthen local leadership of mental health efforts and to reduce stigmatization of mental health conditions.
Jerome is a licensed clinical social worker and global mental health implementation scientist. Based in Lima, Peru from 2001–2016, he directed the UCLA Program in Global Health Latin American office and later served as Deputy Director and Health and Policy Advisor for the global health and social justice organization, Partners In Health, Peru site, where he co-developed a community-based mental health program. Jerome has worked closely with WHO on tuberculosis and mental health integration in Kenya, Pakistan, and Ghana; the International AIDS Society on HIV and mental health integration for adolescents with HIV in Peru; and directed the University of South Florida’s ACCESS lab dedicated to increasing access to quality mental health services for all. He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health and has published widely on mental health service scale-up and integration.
Jerome obtained his MSW at the University of Washington; his PhD at University College London; and completed postdoctoral studies in Global Mental Health Implementation Science at Harvard Medical School. He received tenure as Associate Professor at the University of South Florida.