Brian Zhou
Yale MD Candidate, Harvard College Alum
- Role
- Research Assistant at Sangath India
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Zhou
I am a Yale medical student with interests in global mental health, medical anthropology, implementation science, interventional psychiatry, and psychedelic research. I graduated from Harvard College in May 2024 summa cum laude in Social Anthropology, with a secondary in Global Health/Health Policy. My guiding purpose is to learn and practice a human-centered philosophy of care, which I hope to embody as a psychiatrist, health advocate, and researcher. My recent publications focus on sociocultural models of mental health conditions and community-based, peer/lay-delivered psychological interventions. During my gap year, I had the privilege of embarking on the Henry Russel Shaw travel fellowship to explore the intersection of mental health with spirituality and quests for meaning. In my free time, you can find me hiking, taking photos, reading novels, meditating, and rock climbing!
Experience
Research Assistant
May 2022 — Present · Goa, IN
Presented poster at the NIMH’s Global Mental Health Research Without Borders Conference, titled \"Explanatory models and health-seeking expectations for substance use among youth.\"- Joint first author of three publications (one forthcoming in 2025). Led qualitative analysis of 1) illicit substance use in adolescents and 2) volunteer strategies to promote help-seeking for depression in India’s largest mental health intervention- Co-author/editor of several interview guides, standard operating procedures, systematic reviews, and intervention training curriculum- Developed data analysis and instruments for counsellor rating systems, situational analysis, and economic evaluation of the largest mental health intervention in India.
Education
Greenhill School
High School Diploma, Valedictorian
2015 — 2019
Yale School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine - MD
2025 — 2029
Amideast Education Abroad
Arabic Language Intensive (MSA & Moroccan Dialect)
2019 — 2020
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Social Anthropology; Global Health/Health Policy
2020 — 2024
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