Over the term of their research fellowship, we offer AMARI fellows a range of training courses to develop their skills. This contributes to the success of their fellowships and sets them up for long-term career success as mental health researchers and leaders.

We offer all of our PhD and post-doc fellows the following training packages:

- Introduction course: public and global mental health, PhD requirements, research programmes

- Epidemiology and statistics: study designs, disease measures, analysis strategies (year 1), and statistical computing (year 2)

- Systematic reviewing: developing a proposal, search strategies, screening, writing up

- ACES: Academic Competencies Enhancement Series: this ten-workshop course covers a range of non-technical career development skills - click here for details

- Webinar series: additional research skills sessions delivered online, e.g. statistics, adapting interventions, implementation science, article critiques, working with research participants

Training of Trainers

Our ‘training of trainers’ (ToT) programme has enabled several AMARI-I alumni to be trained and subsequently deliver courses to AMARI-II fellows. This has been particularly evident with the ACES, where course delivery is being transitioned from King's College London to an Africa-led model.

Through the ToT approach, ACES is increasingly becoming Africa-owned and Africa-driven, with fellows taking a leading role in its delivery and sustainability.