AMTI Global Health and Human Rights Webinar Series
As part of our ongoing efforts to expand open-access education on topics relevant to displacement and humanitarian protection, the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative hosts a monthly webinar series with experts across various disciplines (medicine, healthcare, law, policy, environment, etc.).
These webinars are free to the public and are intended to encourage dialogue.
They are jointly organized and co-sponsored by the Cambridge Health Alliance Asylum Program (CHAAP), UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative, Johns Hopkins/HEAL Refugee Health & Asylum Collaborative, and the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative.
Register for each webinar below and receive the zoom link immediately upon registration.
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Implications of Legal Status on Displaced Persons' Health
Join Xan Weber, LICSW who will share with us the Implications of Legal Status on Displaced Persons' Health on 09/16/24 at 9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PXUP3lNEQ02J6pN9QvWQ3A
(Female) Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Join Yinka Akinsulure-Smith, PhD who will present on (Female) Genital Mutilation/Cutting through the lens of forced migration, trauma, and healing. 10/21/24 at 9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mm0RFOAlTtmCKs6kVCQXBw
Im/migration-Informed Medical Care
Join Sarah Kimball, MD presenting on Im/Migration-Informed Medical Care on November 18, at 9-10 AM PST/ 12-1 PM EST
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iMbUpq7ITiKiHVK_W9tmoQ
Immigration law and policy in review from 2024
On December 10th - International Human Rights Day 2024, join Kate Jastram, JD MA presenting a review of 2024 Immigration law and policy at 11a-12p PST/ 2-3p EST.
Register:https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FspHTp6kSH6EnRe3wr5oeg
Substance use disorder in immigrant and refugee populations
Join Triveni DeFries, MD MA who will present on substance use disorder in refugee populations on Monday January 27, 2025 at 9-10 AM PST/ 12-1PM EST
Expanding and Supporting the Oral Health Workforce for Displaced Communities
Join Alec Eidelman, MD discussing ways of Expanding and Supporting the Oral Health Workforce for Displaced Communities on Monday February 24, 2025 at 9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST
Register: https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a26ZrKUxS5O2bjBa5XS_aw
Solitary confinement in ICE detention
Join Katie Peeler, MD MA presenting on solitary confinement in ICE detention on March 17, 2025 from 9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST
Health consequences of immigration detention: Neuropsychiatric sequelae
Join Altaf Saadi, MD presenting on the Health consequences of immigration detention: Neuropsychiatric sequelae on May 19, 2025 at 9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST
Register:https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IWnEGjOwT2CiTrADk_c6Zg