Atif Rahman, MB BS, DipPsych, MRCPsych, MRes, PhD

Atif Rahman is professor of child psychiatry at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom where he leads the global mental health research group. He is a co-founder of the Human Development Research Foundation in Pakistan. He is an expert in developing and evaluating culturally appropriate psychosocial interventions across the life-course that can be delivered by non-specialists health professionals, teachers and parents. He has a particular interest in scale-up of mental health interventions in low and middle-income countries. He works closely with the World Health Organization in evaluating and disseminating psychological interventions globally.