Rachel Jenkins, Date of Birth

Rachel Jenkins

British academic

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1949

Profession: psychiatrist, epidemiologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Rachel McDougall Jenkins (born 17 April 1949) is a professor of epidemiology and international mental health policy at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre and a visiting professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She was educated at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, St Paul's Girls' School and Girton College, Cambridge.In 2005 to 2011, Jenkins led the WHO programme enabling primary care workers to provide mental healthcare in Kenya, with the outcome that 1,677 primary care workers and 195 medical supervisory staff received training.
She is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Mental Health Systems.