2012 Program

 

Sustainable Connections & Collaborations for Health & Human Rights

A joint conference of the 2nd annual University of Michigan
Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium for Health & Social Justice 
and the Physicians for Human Rights National Conference

March 24th to 25th, 2012  in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Videos and photos from the conference are now available online.

Program:

  • Friday, March 23rd: 9PM – Social event @ Sava’s, 216 S. State St
  • Saturday, March 24th @ Ford School of Public Policy:
7:45 – Registration & Breakfast

Great Hall
8:30 – Welcome and Opening Remarks

    • Joseph Kolars, MD. Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives; Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School.

Auditorium, 1120
8:45 - Keynote: Partnering for Health, Human Rights, and Rebuilding

Auditorium, 1120
9:45 – Academic Partnerships to Improve Health

  • Frank Anderson, MD, MPH. Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School and Health Behavior Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Auditorium, 1120
10:15 - Legal Issues on Access to Medicine in the Global Arena

  • Cynthia Ho, JD. Clifford E. Vickrey Research Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Auditorium, 1120

10:45 – Breakout Session 1
Session A – Working with Refugees and Wartime Populations

  • Vidya Ramanathan, MD, MPH. Medical Consultant, Freedom House, Detroit; Child Advocacy Consultant, University of Minnesota Center for Global Pediatrics; University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, Adjunct Faculty; General Pediatrician, Toledo-Lucas County Health Department.
  • Deborah Drennan. Executive Director, Freedom House, Detroit.

Room 1120
Session B – Youth Violent Injury

  • Yusef Shakur. Detroit native, local businessman, author, and community youth injury activist.

Room 1220
Session C – Racial Disparities in Health and Health Care

  • Andrew Zweifler, MD. Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan.

Room 1110
Session D – Human Trafficking in the United States

  • Bridgette Carr, JD. Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Human Trafficking Clinic, University of Michigan Law School.

Room 1230
11:45 – Lunch

Great Hall

12:30 – Breakout Session 2
Session A – Social Entrepreneurship: Business Approaches to Global Health and Poverty Alleviation

  • Amir Sabet, MSE, PhD candidate. Doctoral student, Design Science Program, Laboratory for Innovation in Global Health Technology, University of Michigan.
  • Shilpa Gulati, MS, MD candidate. Medical student, University of Michigan Medical School.
  • Colm Fay, MS/MBA candidate. Business student, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan.

Room 1120
Session B – Fundraising for a Cause: Approaches to Advocacy

Room 1110
Session C – Curriculum Development and Education Initiatives

  • Brent Williams, MD, MPH. Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan.
  • Tim Kaselitz, MD candidate. Medical student, University of Michigan Medical School.

Room 1230
Session D – Information Empowerment: Using Data, Tools and Strategies in Global Health

  • Gurpreet Rana, MLIS. Global Health Coordinator, Taubman Health Sciences Library.

Room 3117, Computer Cluster.
**Please note: Due to room capacity, this session is limited to the first 32 attendees who pre-registered.
1:30 – Finding the Right Moment: Advocating Effectively on a Medical Student Schedule

  • Tim Anderson, MA, MD candidate. Chair, American Medical Student Association PharmFree Campaign; Co-Chair, AMSA’s AIDS Advocacy Network; Past-President, Case Western Reserve University PHR Chapter; medical student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Auditorium, 1120
1:45 – Women’s Attitudes Toward Screening for Domestic Violence in a Reproductive Health Clinic of Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Amrapali Maitra, MD candidate. Medical student, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Auditorium, 1120
2:00 – Parental Loss & Residential Instability: Impact of Parental Loss on Residential Instability of Young Women from Economically Disadvantaged Households, Detroit 2011-12

  • Leslie Berman, MPH candidate. Public health student, University of Michigan School of Public Health.
  • Deena Policicchio. Outreach Director, Alternatives for Girls.

Auditorium, 1120
2:15 – The Necessity of Advocacy: Reasons to Connect & Collaborate

  • Holly G. Atkinson, MD. Immediate Past President, Physicians for Human Rights; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Co-Director, Advancing Idealism in Medicine Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Auditorium, 1120
3:00 – Improving Global Health Through Better Supply Chains

  • Prashant Yadav, MBA, PhD. Senior Research Fellow & Director of Healthcare Research Initiative, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan.

Auditorium, 1120
3:30 – Poster Session & Chai Tea

Great Hall

4:20 – Breakout Session 3
Session A – The Health Care Equity Campaign: A Case Study on Improving Equity in a Large Health System

Room 1220
Session B – Public Health in Action: Reaching Populations in Need

  • Lemont Gore. Street Outreach Coordinator, HIV/AIDS Resource Center.
  • Eden Wells, MD, MPH. Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology; Associate Director, Preventative Medicine Residency, University of Michigan.

Room 1120
Session C – The Right to Health: What the American Healthcare System Can Learn from Canada

  • Ritika Goel, MD, MPH candidate. Physician and public health student, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Room 1230
Session D – Ethical Concerns of Short Term Medical Volunteerism

  • Emily Junck, MD candidate. Medical student, University of Michigan Medical School.

Room 1110
5:15 – Afternoon Keynote

Auditorium, 1120
6:05 – Closing Remarks & Poster Award

    • Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD. Director, Center for Global Health; Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Evaluation Program; Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Michigan.
    • Mr. Manoj Parikh. Sujal Parikh’s father.

Auditorium, 1120
7:00 – Optional Community SOUP Dinner (by pre-registration)

Kelsey Archaeological Museum, 434 South State Street
9:00 – Social Event

The Blue Leprechaun, 1220 South University
  • Sunday, March 25th @ UM School of Public Health Community Room:

10:10 – PHR’s Medical Neutrality Campaign, Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, and Anti-Torture Campaign

9:00 – Debriefing Breakfast
10:00 – PHR National Student Program Meeting: Welcoming Remarks

  • Shaheja Sitafalwalla, MPH, MD candidate. Member, PHR Board of Directors and Student Advisory Board; medical student, Rush Medical College.
  • Katie Peeler, MD. PHR Student Advisory Board Alumna; Pediatrics House Officer, University of Michigan.
  • Lauren Moak, MD candidate. PHR Chapter President; medical student, University of Michigan Medical School.
10:45 – Film Clip: Doctors of the Dark Side
11:00 – Break
11:10 – Panel Discussion: Student Advocacy for PHR Campaigns
11:55 – Break/Pick Up Boxed Lunches
12:15 – Working Lunch–Regional Breakout Sessions:

Discussion of collaborative plans for action around gender-based violence, medical neutrality, torture, and region-specific issues.
1:15 – Break
1:30 – Sharing of Regional Group Findings & Plans

  • Regional representatives.
2:00 – PHR National Student Program Meeting: Closing Remarks, Remembering Tommy Hand, & Awards

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