Cyril Bennouna

Cyril Bennouna

Policy Advisor & Affiliated Scholar, Interdisciplinary Global Mental Health Innovation

Professional Biography

Cyril Bennouna, PhD, MPH, is a Policy Advisor and Affiliated Scholar with Interdisciplinary Global Mental Health Innovation group. He is also affiliated with the University of Denver's Center for Immigration Policy and Research, and he serves as a Senior Research Consultant at the Center for Human Rights, Gender, and Migration at the Washington University in St. Louis Institute for Public Health. Cyril has previously held senior research positions at Columbia University's Program on Forced Migration and Health, the CPC Learning Network, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and the Center on Child Protection and Wellbeing (PUSKAPA) at the University of Indonesia. He has conducted rigorous research and evaluations for a variety of partners, including the World Bank, USAID, the State Department, DFAT, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF. He has a PhD in Political Science from Brown University, a Master's in Public Health from Columbia University, and a Bachelor's in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan.