Featured Speaker: Gary Klein, PHD Senior Scientist, Macrocognition LLC After someone finishes their training, they might have difficulty adapting to their new job environment. In his lecture, Gary Klein, PHD examines why many individuals aren’t “up to speed” when first beginning their jobs, and how they can transition quicker. As Klein has observed in fields from […]
Featured Speaker: Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor, Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law; Faculty Director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law; Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Public Health Law & Human Rights; Co-Author of Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint; Author, Global Health Law Many individuals living with HIV/AIDS face […]
Featured Speaker: Curi Kim, MD, MDH Director, Division of Refugee Health, Office of Refugee Settlement, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services By the end of 2017, 68.5 million people worldwide were displaced – 16.2 million of whom were displaced in 2017 itself. 25.4 million of the 68.5 million were refugees, […]
Featured Speaker: Andrea Beaton, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University Cardiology, CNHS In the late 19th and early 20th century, acute rheumatic fever was considered “childhood’s greatest enemy” in the United States. Now, the disease is nearly eliminated in high-income settings. But, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease remain prominent in many parts of […]
Dr. Paul Farmer, Dr. Jim Kim, Ophelia Dahl, Todd McCormack and Thomas White began a movement in the 1980s that changed global health forever. Bending the Arc tells their story.
Dr. Nathalie Quion and Dr. Lanre Falusi, Attendings at the Immigrant Health Clinic in Adams Morgan, talks about her visit to the Border with the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) President, Colleen Kraft. View their conversation here. From Brave New Films: "Childhood trauma, like imprisonment and family separation, provokes long-lasting implications caused by high levels […]
Mentorship Awards Latino Youth and Families Need Assessment, Dr. Nathalie Quion, Adams Morgan Clinic, DC The Handheld Ultrasound Machine of the Future: Assessment of Automated Intelligence Training Tools to Enhance Task Shifting of Echocardiographic Screening for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Endemic Regions, Dr. Sonia Voleti, Micronesia The Impact of a Designated Resuscitation Team on Decreasing […]
Featured Speaker: Margaret M. Plack, PT, DPT, EdD, Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Department of Health, Human Function and Rehabilitation Sciences, George Washington University In a busy day, medical professionals can rely on pattern recognition and heuristics to make quick decisions. While these techniques are often effective, they can be inherently biased. In her […]
Featured Speaker: Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, Professor, Health Services Administration; Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity; PI, NIH-NIMHD Center of Excellence on Race, Ethnicity & Health Disparities Research, School of Public Health University of Maryland There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating unconscious bias has infected healthcare professionals. In his lecture, Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, asserts the medical […]