April 23, 2012: Noon Conference Series at Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Refugee Health Week
Introduction to Refugee Health and Opening Ourselves to our Patients as Teachers
Drs. Carol Lewis, Adam Pallant, Stephanie Roberts
Monday, April 23, 2012
12:00PM
Lunch will be provided.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Room 151
April 24, 2012: Noon Conference Series at Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Refugee Health Week
Cross Cultural Competencies
Dr. Fadya El Rayess
Assistant Residency Director
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
12:00PM
Lunch will be provided.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Room 151
April 25, 2012: Noon Conference Series at Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Refugee Health Week
The Role of Voice and Understanding in Caring for Refugee Families
Omar Bah
Founder of Center for Refugee Advocacy and Support and former Gambian journalist
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
12:00PM
Lunch will be provided.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Room 151
April 26, 2012: Noon Conference Series at Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Refugee Health Week
Communicating Across Boundaries
Channavy Chhay
Director of Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians
Thursday, April 26, 2012
12:00PM
Lunch will be provided.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Room 151
April 26, 2012: Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research Brown Bag Presentation
“Long-Term Care in Norway”
Anders Kvale Havig
Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and Centre for Care Research
Gjøvik University College, Norway
Thursday, April 26, 2012
1:00 – 2:00PM
121 S. Main Street
Conference Room 636
Reimbursement for parking will not be available for the Brown Bag presentations but meter parking [good for 2 hours] is usually available on South Main Street.
April 26, 2012: Refugee Health lecture
The Warren Alpert Medical School, Global Health Initiative, and Rhode Island Hospital present:
“Refugee Health: Communication As The Key To Cross-Cultural Care”
Keynote Speaker:
Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR
Director, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT)
Healing Invisible Wounds: The Health Care Practitioner, The Patient, and The Trauma Story
Panel Discussion to Follow
Target Audience:
Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, Psychiatrists, Psychologists,
Physician Assistants, Social Workers, Medical Students, Residents & Fellows
Thursday, April 26, 2012
5:30 – 8:30 PM
Warren Alpert Medical School
Lecture Hall 160
222 Richmond Street
Providence, RI 02912
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
No fee to attend • Registration is required • Registration & Program details to follow
April 27, 2012: Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
“The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program: Challenges and Considerations for Refugee Health and Well-Being”
Objectives: (At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to)
● Recognize the key partners and processes of refugee resettlement
● Empathize with the inherent trauma of displacement and resettlement in the refugee context
● Identify appropriate partnerships and referrals to support refugee health and well-being
Speaker:
Eskinder Negash
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Target Audience:
Physicians and other interested health care professionals. Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the Rhode Island Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Friday, April 27, 2012
8:30 – 9:30 AM
George Auditorium
Rhode Island Hospital
April 27, 2012: Noon Conference Series at Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Refugee Health Week
Their Voice as Yours: Perspectives from Our Local Refugee Interpreters
Friday, April 27, 2012
12:00PM
Lunch will be provided.
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Room 151
May 15, 2012: Proposal Deadline for Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity
The Grand Challenges Explorations grant program funds early-stage discovery, awarding initial grants of $100,000 and potential follow-on grants of up to $1 million. Grants target an expanding set of topics. Launched in 2008, Grand Challenge Explorations grants have already been awarded to 602 researchers from 44 countries.
Applications are currently being accepted for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 9. Proposals are due May 15, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Round 9 Topics:
- New Approaches for the Interrogation of Anti-malarial Compounds
- Aid is Working. Tell the World
- Protect Crop Plants from Biotic Stresses From Field to Market
- Design New Approaches to Optimize Immunization Systems
- Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas
The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline.
For more information, please visit http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/Default.aspx
Interested applicants are welcome to contact Elizabeth Francis, PhD ’94 (Elizabeth_Francis@brown.edu), Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Brown University’s Office of Biomedical Advancement.
June 1-2, 2012: Exploring Medical Missions Conference
The “Exploring Medical Missions” Conference is an event held each year in Kansas City. Students or healthcare professionals with an interest in global health, or serving a disadvantaged or forgotten population, are highly encouraged to attend.
Robotic surgery, MRI, coronary artery stents, vision correction procedures – our age is marked by marvelous progress in medicine. Yet on the parameter remain multitudes of people who are barred from these innovations because of poverty, illiteracy, culture, and distance. From Inspiration To Mobilization is the theme of the 2012 Exploring Medical Missions Conference. This event will assist you to progress from good intentions toward genuine service on behalf of those people most isolated.
At the completion of this conference, participants will be able to:
- Apply best practices in crisis response to actual disasters
- Design community development strategies to improve public health
- Utilize appropriate clinical skills in providing medical care
- Effectively lead organizations toward fulfillment of their vision and goals
Group discounts/student discounts are available. For individual registrations, a 30% discount is available if you use the coupon code “MISSION” when you register online. 7.6 hours of CME is available by attending.
For more information, please visit http://inmed.us/exploring_medical_missions_conference.asp. If you have any questions, please contact office@inmed.us.