Prof. Sylvia Kaaya (MD, Dip. Psych, MScMed, PhD) in her capacity as Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Muhas, has been centrally involved not only in the training of undergraduates and graduate students, but also developing interventions for recognition and treatment of common mental disorders, specifically major depression, using core problem solving and cognitive behavioral therapy components, for delivery by trained non-mental health professionals and lay counselors.