Vice Chair of Research
Boston University School of Medicine
Christina P.C. Borba, PhD, MPH is Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center and Associate Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Borba has extensive experience in mixed methods research, teaching and training, and development and management of randomized clinical trials. Dr. Borba’s current research focuses on psychotic disorders and cultural psychiatry in low-resourced settings in the US and abroad, women’s mental health, and gender differences in care. Dr. Borba was the PI of a NIMH grant examining socio-cultural aspects of schizophrenia in Ethiopia with a goal of understanding why the disease prevalence ratio has been found to be 5:1 male to female (a statistic unlike any other in the world). She is also involved in ongoing efforts in Liberia to increase local research capacity with the University of Liberia, and to identify and conduct priority mental health-related research with in-country academic leaders. In her role as the Vice Chair of Research, Dr. Borba works to expand departmental research capacity through research education initiatives for residents and medical students, mentorship of junior faculty, new faculty recruitment and the expansion of research infrastructure capacity within the department. She supervises and provides research-related trainings for all research teams within the Department of Psychiatry. She received her doctorate in public health from Emory University and her master’s degree in public health from Boston University.