Friday, April 14, 9:30am–10:45am
ROOM #246
Meet the community collaborators developing solutions to global problems in the “most diverse square mile in America” – Clarkston, GA, where trauma surgeons, medical students, elementary school administrators, and GSU faculty are adapting life-saving training programs for use in many languages and cultures, conducting research among one of the most understudied populations in the world, and collaborating on long-term, sustainable solutions to address health disparities among RIM (refugee, immigrant, migrant) populations.
Speakers
Mary Helen O'Connor, PhD
Moderator
Deputy Director, Prevention Research Center
Director, Center for Community Engagement
Georgia State University
Randi N. Smith, MD, MPH
Panelist
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Public Health
Emory University
Trauma Surgeon, Grady Memorial Hospital
Dirir Abdullahi, MD PGY 3
Panelist
Surgical Resident
Morehouse School of Medicine
Stephanie Brown-Bryant
Panelist
Principal
Indian Creek Elementary School
Dekalb County