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Geoffrey M. Reed, PhD is Professor of Medical Psychology and Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Capacity Building and Training in Global Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City. He has been a consultant to WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Use for more than 15 years. He works closely with the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico, and is a Level 3 Member of the National System of Researchers, National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico. Dr. Reed led the development of the classification of mental, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorders in the Eleventh Revision of WHO’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). A foundation of the revision process was a rigorous program of international field studies involving thousands of clinicians around the world and producing numerous research articles in top scientific journals. Dr. Reed co-chaired the 2021 APA Task Force on Psychology and Health Equity. He has received numerous awards, including the 2021 APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.