PHR Conference 2023
We are hosting the 2023 Physicians for Human Rights National Student Conference!
Equipping Leaders in Human Rights Advocacy
Mark your calendars to join us for the 2023 Physicians for Human Rights National Student Conference at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI hosted by the University of Michigan Asylum Collaborative. Register to Join!
Date: April 21 & 22, 2023
Time: 5:00PM Friday to 5:00PM Saturday
Location: Biomedical Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Schedule of Events:
Friday April 21, 2023
5:00pm - Welcome (Making Human Rights Personal)
University of Michigan Asylum Collaborative
Dr. Vidya Ramanathan, MD UMAC Medical Director
6pm - Dinner Provided
7pm - Plenary Session (Advocacy Beyond the Exam Room)
Teresa Duhl, Freedom House Fund Development and Engagement Manager
8pm - Optional Networking Social (PHR SAB)
Saturday April 22, 2023
8am - Continental breakfast
9am - Keynote (Health Professionals as Defenders of Human Rights)
Dr. Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, Medical Director for Physicians for Human Rights, University of Michigan Faculty
9:45am - Break
10am - Break Out Rooms (1)
Alyssa Reese (Lessons Learned in Global Surgery: Building Sustainable Frameworks and Overcoming Obstacles)
Dr. Ranit Mishori (Human Rights: why should you care and what can you do?)
Sofia Ortiz-Carro, Samaritas New Americans (Forced Diaspora: the reality of refugee resettlement in Southeast Michigan)
11am - Break out Rooms (2)
Andrew F. Moore (The Anatomy of Our Asylum System )
Alex Blum and Katie Lewis Blanton (Asylum Medicine Training Initiative) (Unity through Education: Developing a Standardized Forensic Curriculum)
12pm - Lunch Provided & Poster Session (Judging begins at 12:30pm)
1:30pm - Plenary Session (Thinking Deeply, Advocating Fully: Working for Justice as Contemporary Health Professionals)
Dr. William Lopez, Clinical Assistant Profession, University of Michigan School of Public Health
2:15 - Break
2:30 - Sujal Parikh Global Health Equity Lecture (Evidence-Based Advocacy: The Crucial Confluence of Questions, Passion, and Rigor in Pursuing Health Equity for Detained Migrants)
Dr. Katherine Peeler, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, PHR Medical Expert
3:15pm - Poster Awards & PHR SAB Research Update
3:30pm - Plenary Session (Humanitarian Leadership – Balancing Access and Advocacy)
Gareth Crawford, PHR Chief Operating Officer and Director of Development
4:15pm - Closing Remarks