Shekhar saxenda biography for kids
Shekhar saxenda biography for kids
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Shekhar Saxena
Indian psychiatrist
Shekhar Saxena | |
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Shekhar Saxena, 9 May 2017 | |
| Born | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, Researcher, Professor |
Shekhar Saxena has worked at the World Health Organization (WHO)[1] and since 2010 has been the Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) at World Health Organization's Headquarters Office in Geneva, Switzerland.[2] He is recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award.
In September 2018 joined the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as visiting professor of Global Mental Health in the Department of Global Health and Population.[3]
Education
Career
Before joining WHO in 1998[4] and moving to Geneva, Saxena served as a clinical psychiatrist to patients in Delhi, India.[5][6] One of the organizations he worked for was the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.[7] He has worked with many majo