Opinion
“Country in the Mirror”: Summary and critic of the book that focuses on the physical and mental torture inflicted by the Bhutanese regime. Bhutan News Service In Nepali language. June 2021
“My Journey from Bhutanese Refugee Camp to Brown University”, Washington DC. Smithsonian library. January 2021
Academic Presentations (*: US Presentations)
1. “Customizing and Adapting the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)” program to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression (SAD) among the Bhutanese populations with lived refugee experiences in the United States; “Mind and Life Summer Research Institutions: Emerging Professional Leadership Workshop By Lila K. Chamlagai Summer 2024.
2. Using Community Advisory Boards To Strengthen Mental Health Service Delivery For Refugees And Other Newcomers By Lila K. Chamlagai in Switch Board on June 2nd, 2023. Link
3. FROM TRAUMA TO “UNSETTLED” RE-SETTLEMENT: UNIQUE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FACED BY THE BHUTANESE REFUGEE POPULATION IN NEPAL: Main Presenter: Pragya K Verma, DO PGY V Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow. Guest Speaker: Lila K. Chamlagai at Hartford Hospital/Institute of Living
4. Important of Community Advisory Board and Ordinary Community Health Worker to Promote the Mental Health Well-Being among the Refugees Populations in the U.S. Via Task Shifting Approach by Lila Chamlagai. “Resilience Mind”, Columbus, Ohio—September 2023.
5. Prasai, A. Chamlagai, L. K*, Frounfelker, R.L. Gautam, B., Mishra, T., Betancourt, T.S. (2022) Understanding the Formal and Informal Healthcare Needs of ethnically Nepali Bhutanese Elders African Nations Refugee and Mental Health Conference, October 2023.
6. Chamlagai L. K*., Osman R*., & Betancourt T.S*. Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Refugees Resettled in the US: Community Partnerships and the Role of Implementation Science. Poster Presentation at Torture Treatment: Context, Rationale and Challenges in Creating Therapeutic Interventions. Virtual. March 7th, 2022.
7. Chamlagai L. K*., & Betancourt T.S*. Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Refugees Resettled in the US: Community Partnerships and the Role of Implementation Science. Poster Presentation at Brown University School of Public Health, Behavioral Health Science Department. Virtual. Feb 2nd, 2022.
8. Black, C. J*., Berent, J. M., Sanchez, A., Wang, W., Nor Iftin, Gautam, B., Hussein, M., Chamlagai, L. K., Negeye, A., McBrady, E., Mobley, M. Desrosiers, A., Bhattacharya, S., & Betancourt, T. S. Applying co-design methodology to improve acceptability, feasibility, usability, and reach of a digital Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees: A mixed methods pilot study protocol. Poster presented at Academy Health’s Annual Research Meeting, Virtual. June 14-17, 2021. View Video
9. Chamlagai, L. K*, Backus, S*, Zheng, P, Co-presented the research paper entitled “Understanding of the Trauma, Happiness and Meaning of life among the Bhutanese Refugees in Massachusetts”. This event was hosted virtually by Eastern Psychology Association, Boston, MA from March 11-15, 2020, Watch Video
10. Chamlagai, L.K*., “Understanding Southern Bhutanese Refugees Suicide through Durkheim’s Functional Prospective; Anomic Theory”. Role of Religions and Social Institutions to Prevent Suicide. Poster Presentation at Elmira College, Elmira NY, May-2019.
Fellowships & awards
2021, Full Ride Doctoral Fellowship; Brown University School of Public Health Behavioral Health and Social Science Department
2019, Biology Honor Society
2017, Sociology & Anthropology Honor Society
2016, Elmira College Trustee Award Recipient
2015, Bills and Melinda Gates Foundations Fellowship/Scholarship Recipient
2014, National Honor Society Inducted
OTHER MEDIA APPEARANCES
Zheng, P*., Chamlagai, L. K*., “You are not alone during Covid-19”: Co-presented and did interpretation in mass-awareness program which was hosted virtually by Community Upliftment Program Inc. Watch Video.
Robinson, C. (2015, May 8). From refugee camp to top of class: Brother and Sister at Springfield High School win Gates Millennium Scholarship. Mass Live.