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Melissa Ann Stockton, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and an Associate Scholar at the Center for Global Health. She is based in Lilongwe, Malawi, and conducts research across Malawi and South Africa, focusing on the integration of mental health and HIV care in low-resource settings.
Her research interests center on mental health, HIV/AIDS, stigma reduction, and suicide prevention, particularly among adolescents and individuals living with HIV. She specializes in implementation science and the adaptation of evidence-based psychological interventions for global contexts. Her work emphasizes scalable, stigma-reducing models of care that improve access to mental health services.
Dr. Stockton's recent publications reflect a strong focus on validating mental health screening tools in South Africa, understanding mental health among people with HIV on methadone in Vietnam, and scaling up evidence-based psychotherapies through technology and implementation science in multiple low- and middle-income countries. Her research consistently bridges epidemiology, clinical care, and public health policy.
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Dr. Stockton leads major global health projects, including stigma-reduction interventions for depressed individuals living with HIV in Malawi and adapting suicide prevention strategies for youth with HIV. She likely mentors students and trainees through the University of Pennsylvania’s global health programs, though specific advisees are not named. Her work is supported by institutional and global health funding mechanisms, though specific grants are not detailed.
She is actively involved in field-based research teams in Malawi and South Africa, working closely with local partners to implement and evaluate mental health programming. Her team focuses on integrating mental health into existing HIV care systems, developing feasible interventions, and training local providers.
