* POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2020 GIVEN GUIDANCE FROM YALE PRESIDENT PETER SALOVEY ON MARCH 10, 2020 *
Further information to follow when available.
This 5th annual refugee health educational event will provide updates for health care providers and community members regarding ongoing clinical and non-clinical domestic advocacy efforts to support the health of refugee families. Topics to be covered will include: the current state of local and national policies that affect refugee health; a review of local advocacy initiatives that are led by refugees, clinicians, and community members; and a review of clinical pearls relevant to providing primary care for refugee adults and children (including psychiatric, obstetric, and gynecologic care).
Full list of speakers is available here: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/refugee/
Conference Organizers: Dr. Ani Annamalai, Dr. Camille Brown, Dr. Maya Prabhu, Dr. Tracy Rabin
This event is co-sponsored by the YSM Department of Internal Medicine; YSM Office of Global Health (Department of Internal Medicine); YSM Office of International Medical Student Education; YSM Department of Pediatrics; and the Yale Macmillan Center, Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement and Humanitarian Responses (PRFDHR).