Jin hui Joo

Jin hui Joo is a geriatric psychiatrist and faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She has over 15 years of experience in providing clinical care to older adults and conducting community-based health services research to increase mental health care access to underserved older adults. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop non-traditional, community-based depression care and cognitive care using peer support for older adult populations that experience persistent barriers to access. She is also an immigrant with a longstanding interest in cultural issues that motivates her research with diverse populations including Asian caregivers of persons living with dementia, uninsured Latino patients and Black older adults. An important part of her work involves bridging the academic and community divide and conducting outreach to translate the wealth of knowledge that exists in health care systems about mental health and brain health to communities. She studied English literature at the University of Chicago, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Poland, received a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and obtained her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a firm believer that life is a wonderful
journey.