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Physicians for Human Rights Student Program
2020 Conference Recorded Sessions
Watch video recordings of sessions from our 2020 PHR national student conference hosted by the CUNY School of Medicine and PHR Student Advisory Board on November 20-21, 2020.
Slides and links to other resources shared by our speakers will be posted under each video.
You can also view the full playlist of recordings on our YouTube channel by clicking HERE
DAY 1
November 20, 2020
The Impact of COVID-19 on Children: Why Student Advocacy Matters
Speaker: Dr. Katherine Peeler, pediatric critical care physician at Boston Children's Hospital
DAY 2
November 21, 2020
Greetings & Opening Remarks
Speakers: Dr. Holly Atkinson, CUNY School of Medicine Clinical Professor and Past President of PHR, and Susannah Sirkin, PHR Director of Policy and Senior Advisor
Engaging in Social Justice as a Physician
Speakers: Alan Jones, chair of the board of director for PHR, and Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, transplant surgeon at UT Health San Antonio
On Moral Injury: A War Correspondent's Perspective
Speaker: Janine di Giovanni, Senior Fellow and Professor at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Brief encounters that last a lifetime: an immigrant neurosurgeon’s reflections on American exceptionalism, George Floyd, sunlight, and race
Speaker: Dr. Jacques Morcos, Professor and Co-Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami
PHR Student Advisory Board Advocacy Initiatives Update
Speaker: Rebecca Leff, PHR Student Advisory Board Advocacy Committee
COVID-19 & Women's Reproductive Health & Gender Based Violence
Speaker: Dr. Deborah Ottenheimer, director of the Women's Holistic Health Initiative at Harlem United
Climate Change & Human Rights
Speaker: CUNY School of Medicine Green for Gaea
PHR's Asylum Program During COVID-19
Speakers: Melissa Baker, Madeline Cohen, Katrin Jaradeh, Pooja Shah, PHR Student Advisor Board Asylum & Refugee Committee
COVID-19 & Asylum Seekers, Detention Centers, & Immigrant Essential Workers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Speaker: Yael Schacher, Senior U.S. advocate at Refugees International
COVID-19 and Global Refugee Populations
Speaker: Devon Cone, Senior Advocate for Women and Girls at Refugees International
COVID-19 and Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis
Speaker: Philippe Nassif, Advocacy Director for the Middle East & North Africa at Amnesty International
Censorship & Uyghur Muslims
Speaker: Joanne Lin, National Director for Advocacy and Government Affairs at Amnesty International
Panel : Attacks on Healthcare, Treatment of Healthcare Workers in the Pandemic, and COVID-19's Impact on Global Healthcare Systems
Speakers: Dr. Hani Mowafi, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Chief of Global Health & International Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, Christina Wille, Director of Insecurity Insight and the Aid in Danger Project, and Dr. Muffadal Hamadeh, President of the Syrian American Medical Society
PHR Advocacy & Discussion Session including Crowd Control Weapon Use by U.S Law Enforcement, Attacks on Medics and Peaceful Protestors, Post-Election Safety, and more
Speakers: Michael Payne, PHR interim advocacy director, Dr. Rohini Haar, PHR medical advisor, and Kevin Short, PHR media relations manager
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