Global Health and Human Rights Webinar Series

As a 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 and open to the public. You will receive a Zoom link immediately upon registration.  

UCSF welcomes everyone, including people with disabilities, to our events. To request reasonable accommodations for this event, please contact Cecilia Lipp by emailing [email protected] as soon as possible. 

They are jointly organized and co-sponsored by the Cambridge Health Alliance Asylum Program (CHAAP), Johns Hopkins/HEAL Refugee Health & Asylum Collaborative, the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative, and UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative. 

September 16, 2024  Implications of Legal Status on Displaced Persons' Health

Implications of Legal Status on Displaced Persons' Health 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

(Female) Genital Mutilation/Cutting(Female) Genital Mutilation/Cutting

9-10 AM PST/ 12-1 PM EST

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

 

International Human Rights Day

December 10, 2024 Immigration law and policy in review from 2024

Immigration law and policy in review from 2024

Immigration law and policy in review from 2024

11a-12p PST/ 2-3p EST

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

January 27, 2025 Substance use disorder in immigrant and refugee populations

Substance use disorder in immigrant and refugee populationsSubstance use disorder in immigrant and refugee populations

9-10 AM PST/ 12-1PM EST

Join Triveni DeFries, MD MA presenting on substance use disorder in refugee populations on 01/27/25 at 9-10 AM PST/ 12-1PM EST

 

February 24, 2025 Expanding and Supporting the Oral Health Workforce for Displaced Communities

 

Expanding and Supporting the Oral Health Workforce for Displaced Communities

Expanding and Supporting the Oral Health Workforce for Displaced Communities

9-10a PST/ 12-1pm EST

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

March 17, 2025 Solitary confinement in ICE detention

Solitary confinement in ICE detentionSolitary 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

 

May 19, 2025 Health consequences of immigration detention: Neuropsychiatric sequelae