Our expert presenter is Annelle B. Primm, M.D., MPH, the Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Previously, she served as Director of the APA’s Division of Diversity and Health Equity and was Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Community Psychiatry Program. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, Dr. Primm has received numerous awards and honors including an APA Presidential Commendation in 2006. Dr. Primm is a nationally-recognized expert on cultural psychiatry, co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders, and educating the public about mental illness.