Thursday, April 13 • Greenberg Conference Center, Yale University
8:30 am Registration (Light breakfast & coffee available)
9:00 am Introductory Remarks
Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R. Luce Director, the MacMillan Center
9:15 am Opening Address
Catherine Panter-Brick, Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs, Yale University
9:30 am session 1
Legal and Health Challenges Facing Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the United States
Dr. Aniyizhai Annamalai, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Yale University; Director, Adult Refugee Clinic; Director, Wellness Center, Connecticut Mental Health Center
Dr. Katherine C. McKenzie, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University; Director, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine
Dr. Maya Prabhu, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
Chair: Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Public Health, Yale University
10:30 am Coffee Break
10:45 am Keynote Address
Jodi Nelson, Senior Vice President of Policy and Practice, International Rescue Committee (IRC)
11:30am session 2
A Shattered Humanitarian System: Unprecedented Crisis, Unprecedented Challenges
Clare Lockhart, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute, Yale University; Director and Co-Founder, Institute for State Effectiveness (ISE)
Jodi Nelson, Senior Vice President of Policy and Practice, IRC
Stephen Poellot, Legal Director and Co-Founder, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
Chair: Catherine Panter-Brick, Yale University
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm session 3
The Challenge of Rebuilding Health Systems in Conflict Affected Situations
Dr. Hani Mowafi, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale University
Dr. Asghar Rastegar, Professor of Medicine; Director, Office of Global Health, Yale University
Kristina Talbert-Slagle, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Yale University; Director Global Health Studies, Yale College
Chair: Dr. Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University; Former International President, Doctors without Borders
2:30pm Coffee Break
2:45 pm session 4
America’s Arab Refugees: Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Health Costs of Conflict
Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, Yale University
3:15pm Coffee Break
3:30pm session 5
New Horizons of Humanitarianism in Action
Lixing Liang, Davenport ’18: (Place and Displacement)
Maria Melchor, Morse ’18: (Yale Refugee Project)
Christina Zhang, Saybrook ’17: (Ideation)
CHAIR: Michael Skonieczny, Lecturer in Public Health (Health Policy); Executive Director, Global Health Leadership Institute; Director of Practice, Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University
4:30 pm Wrap-up, Reception, and Poster Presentations