Global & Refugee Health

Global and Refugee Health

Grants:

• Closing the Loop in Child Tuberculosis Contact Management: Predictors and Completion of Therapy Outcomes in Western Kenya (UMass Chan Global Health funding) – Daria Szkwarko, DO
• Primary Prevention for Resettled Refugees from Burma (Worcester County Prevention Research Center) – Suzanne Cashman, ScD and Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD
• Understanding and Addressing the Legal Needs of Refugees (UMass Chan – CTSA) – Heather Lyn Haley, PhD

Publications:

• Michael Chin et al. RAHI-SATHI Indo-U.S. Collaboration: The Evolution of a Trainee-led Twinning Model in Global Health Into a Multidisciplinary Collaborative Program. Global Health Science and Practice 2017;5(1):152-163. http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/5/1/152.short?rss=1
• Michael Chin et al. High Burden of Unrecognized Atrial Fibrillation in Rural India: An Innovative Community-based Cross-sectional Screening Program. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2016;2(2):e159. https://publichealth.jmir.org/2016/2/e159/
• Daria Szkwarko. Child Contact Management in High Tuberculosis Burden Countries: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review. 2017. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182185
• Daria Szkwarko and Olga Valdman. An Assessment of International Family Medicine Faculty Development Priorities. Research Brief – PRiMER (Peer-Reviewed Reports in Medical Education Research). https://journals.stfm.org/primer/2017/johnston-2017-0011.
• Olga Valdman et al. Family Medicine Global Health Fellowship Competencies: A Modified Delphi Study. Fam Med 2017;49(2):106-113. http://www.stfm.org/FamilyMedicine/Vol49Issue2/Rayess106

Presentations:

• Olga Valdman, Daria Szkwarko, et al: “Enhancing the Value of Global Health Education Through Global-Local Curriculum” (AAFP Global Health Workshop)
• Olga Valdman, Daria Szkwarko, et al: “The Refugee Journey is Complicated Enough! Implementing a Transitional Family Medicine Refugee Clinic to Improve Care for Refugee Families in Worcester, Massachusetts” (AAFP Global Health Workshop)
• Daria Szkwarko et al: “Global Health Opportunities after Residency – Perspectives from Recent Graduates” (AAFP Global Health Workshop)

Student Projects:

• Courtney Birchall

Quantifying the Impact of Global Health Experience on Family Physician Training

Advisor: Olga Valdman, MD

• Courtney Temple
• A Youth Program for Refugee Teens
• Advisor: Meredith Walsh, NP

Research Forum Topics          

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