Joy Noel Baumgartner is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work with adjunct appointments in the Gillings School of Public Health and the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University. Dr. Baumgartner has 20+ years of experience conducting socio-behavioral and health services research in low-resource contexts globally. Her area of focus is strengthening the delivery of integrated health and social service interventions that address mental health, HIV prevention, reproductive health, maternal, child & adolescent health, and/or interpersonal violence. As Director of the School of Social Work’s Global Mental Health Initiative, Dr. Baumgartner’s mixed methods research is grounded in the fields of psychiatric epidemiology, implementation science, and integrated service systems to inform, co-create, and evaluate global health interventions. She is PI for the NICHD-funded clinical trial “Adolescent Wellness Visits to Reduce Health Risks in Tanzania” (VITAA study) and the NIMH-funded clinical trial “Family Psychoeducation for Adults with Psychotic Disorders in Tanzania” (KUPAA study). Baumgartner also leads the qualitative and implementation science components of several other research studies focused on child and adolescent health in East Africa and is the Social Work Faculty Liaison for the MSW/MPH Dual Degree program.
Contact
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building
Room 245-E
325 Pittsboro Street
CB 3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Degrees and Licenses
PhD, UNC-Chapel HillMSSW, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, University of Virginia
Primary Program
ResearchMSW Education
Certifications
CMSWCPH
Research and Professional Interests
Global Mental HealthMaternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
Implementation Research
Mixed Methods Intervention Research
Principal Investigator
Adolescent Wellness Visits to Reduce Health Risks in Tanzania (NICHD R01)Family Psychoeducation for Adults with Psychotic Disorders in Tanzania (NIMH R34)
Impact evaluation of an integrated maternal mental health/early childhood development intervention in Northern Ghana
Co-Investigator
Evaluation of child-optimized financial education for caregivers on child outcomes in rural UgandaHealth-assisted conditional cash transfers to improve timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Mtwara, Tanzania
Recent Publications
Clari, R., Headley, J., Egger, J., Swai, P., Lawala, P., Minja, A., Kaaya, S., Baumgartner, J. N. (2022, January). Perceived burden and family functioning among informal caregivers of individuals living with schizophrenia in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1).
Baumgartner, J. N., Ali, M., Gallis J., Lillie, M., Abubakr-Bibilazu, S., Adam, H., Aborigo, R., Owusu, R., Kim, E. T., McEwan, E., Zhou, Y., Mackness, J., Awoonor-Williams, J. K., Hembling, H. (2021). Effect of a lay counselor delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Northern Ghana: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Global Mental Health, 8(18), 1–11.
Baumgartner, J. N., Headley, J., Kirya, J., Guenther, J., Kaggwa, J., Kim, M. K., Aldridge, L, Weiland, S., Egger, J. (2021, August). Impact evaluation of a quality of care intervention at private primary care facilities for maternal and neonatal health in rural Uganda. Health Policy & Planning, 36(7), 1103-1115.
Watt, M. H., Nguyen, T. V., Touré, C., Traoré, D., Wesson, J., Baumgartner, J. N. (2020) Integrated mental health screening for obstetric fistula patients in Mali: From evidence to policy. PLoS One, 15(9).
Veling, W., Burns, J. K., Makhathini, E. M., Mtshemla, S., Nene, S., Shabalala, S., Mbatha, S. M., Tomita, A., Baumgartner, J., Susser, I., Hoek, H. W., Susser, E. (2019, March). Identification of patients with recent onset psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: A pilot study with traditional health practitioners and diagnostic instruments. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(3), 303-312.
