Franco Mascayano

Franco Mascayano is a PhD candidate and early-career investigator currently based at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and New York State Psychiatric Institute. His expertise considers applied research in stigma, mental health services, implementation science, global mental health, and psychiatric epidemiology. He has been involved in several studies both locally (USA) and globally (Latin America). He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and a series of book chapters. His research involves studying the identification of and provision of care to individuals with early psychosis in Chile, including adapting OnTrackNY into OnTrack Chile. He also leads the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study, which is an ongoing, global initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of clinical and non-clinical health-care workers in more than 20 countries.