This 6th annual refugee health educational event will describe the current state of refugee resettlement locally and nationally; review the challenges faced by recent Afghan arrivals, with a focus on the education and mental health systems; describe the creation of a new clinic in Connecticut, and describe national-level capacity building innovations for meeting the needs of new Afghan arrivals. The conference will take place virtually as part of Yale Medicine’s Global Health Day Activities on March 17th, 2022.
Learning objectives
Describe the current state of refugee resettlement locally and nationally
Review the challenges faced by recent Afghan arrivals, with a focus on the education and mental health systems
Describe the creation of a new clinic to meet the health needs of refugees/arrivals in Connecticut
Describe national-level capacity building innovations for meeting the needs of new arrivals
This year’s speakers will include:
Julie Kornfeld, JD: Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Services Department, International Refugee Assistance Project
Stephen Poellot, JD: Legal Strategy Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Michele Norwood, MS-TESOL: New Haven Public Schools
Kristin Bengtson Mendoza, MSEd: New Haven Public Schools
Ani Annamalai, MD: Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Nika Zarazvand: Health Coordinator, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
Rona Rohbar: Health Coordinator, Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
Kimberly Willett, APRN FNP-C: Primary Care Provider and CKP Fellow, Community Health Center
Katherine Yun, MD, MHS: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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).
For further information please contact refugee.health@yale.edu
Register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CrtMSiBBQsakS7PkT_0q6w