Lukoye Atwoli is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Dean of the Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. He is also the Deputy Director of the Brain and Mind Institute at AKU and an Honorary Professor in the department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town.
Prof Atwoli holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBChB) from Moi University in 2001, a Master of Medicine degree in Psychiatry (MMed Psych) from the University of Nairobi and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He has published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and his current research is mainly in psychiatric epidemiology, focusing on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder, the genetics of mental disorders, children’s and youth mental health, and HIV and Mental Health.
Prof Atwoli is the Chair of the Board of the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital, the only specialised mental health care facility in Kenya, and the Chair of the Steering Committee of the Alliance of Academic Health Centers International (AAHCI). He currently serves on several Boards of international organisations, including the International College of Psychopharmacology (CINP), the World Psychiatric Association’s Epidemiology and Public Health Section, and the African College of Psychopharmacology (AfCNP). He has previously served in senior leadership positions at the African Association of Psychiatrists, the Kenya Psychiatric Association, and the Kenya Medical Association.
Prof Atwoli is an International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, an International Member of the US National Academy of Medicine, and a Member of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences. He has also been awarded one of the highest national honours in Kenya, the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (M.B.S.).
