RAHI's 4th Annual Symposium (virtual) - Welcoming Refugees: The New Wave of Afghans coming to the United States (4/26)

Please join us for the 4th Annual UCSF Refugee Health Symposium next Tuesday, April 26th at noon PST.  This year's keynote panel will discuss the Afghan crisis and recent influx of Afghan newcomers.  See our final schedule and speaker lineup below.  The event is free but is almost at capacity, so be sure to register!

Questions? Email: [email protected].

Date: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST REGISTER HERE Welcoming Refugees: The New Wave of Afghans Coming to the United States

PROGRAM 12:00 PM -  12:15 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks Eva Raphael, MD, MPH- Event Host Assistant Professor Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Opening Remarks: Fatima Karaki, MD Director, Refugee and Asylum seeker Health Initiative (RAHI) Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF 12:15 PM -  1:00 PM Keynote Panel Epidemiology and Health of Recent Afghan Arrivals Panelists Khwaga Ghani Afghan Journalist National Public Radio (NPR) Nuny Cabanting, MPH Epidemiologist, Office of Refugee Health California Department of Public Health Jessica Wang, MD Interim Medical Director, Eastmont Wellness Center Alameda County Refugee Health Assessment Program Gulshan Yusufzai Executive Director Muslim American Society- Social Services Foundation (MAS-SSF) Moderator Fatima Karaki, MD Director, Refugee and Asylum seeker Health Initiative (RAHI)  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF 1:10 PM - 1:45 PM Keynote Panel Resettlement and Social Determinants of Health in Afghan Newcomers Panelists Melany Puente Health and Wellness Coordinator International Rescue Committee (IRC) Oakland Ayisha Ifran Senior Policy Manager Airbnb Sima Naderi, BSPH, MPH Afghan Scholar MS Candidate, Institute for Global Health Sciences, UCSF Moderator Nasrin Aboudamous, MSN, RN, FNP, PHN H66-H68 Registered Nurse Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Q&A Our official website is: RAHI.ucsf.edu Contact us: [email protected]