Displaced Children: "Adverse Childhood Experiences Amongst Refugees from the Horn of Africa: Influences on Development, Attachment, and Risk/Resilience"
by Segen Zeray
Quarterly Conversations in Global Health
Fall 2024 Conversations in Global Health -- Refugee Health
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Wednesday, November 13th | 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Great Hall @ I-House at UC San Diego​
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Panelists
Meghan Zavala
​Meghan Zavala is a Data & Policy Analyst with Al Otro Lado, based at the California-Mexico border. Al Otro Lado is a binational nonprofit organization that provides legal and humanitarian assistance to migrants, refugees, and deportees in Mexico and the US. Joining the Al Otro Lado team in July 2023, she closely collaborates with the Border Rights Project team, based in Tijuana, to improve program data management, analyze trends in the data to inform program improvement, and leverage data to promote advocacy for the rights of migrants on both sides of the border. She also led efforts to document the over 1,400 families separated by Border Patrol and the agency's practice of holding migrants in open-air detention sites (OADS) in San Diego from 2023-2024. Prior to working at Al Otro Lado, Meghan received a Master of Public Policy from UCSD's School of Global Policy and Strategy where she worked on migration and border policy issues while working for the Center for US-Mexico Studies at UCSD, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and the City of San Diego Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Kathleen Fischer
Dr. Fischer is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Non-Salaried at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She obtained her MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1979 and completed a Residency in Internal Medicine there in 1985. She was also a graduate of the UCSD Preventive Medicine Residency in 1998 when she concurrently obtained an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from San Diego State University. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Following a 26-year career in the U. S. Navy as a general internist, population health researcher, and medical director, she started a second career working for UCSD with displaced populations, including refugees and asylum seekers. She previously served 10 years as the Medical Director for the Refugee Health Assessment Program in San Diego, and currently serves as Medical Director for the Asylum Seekers Medical Screening and Stabilization Program. Additional interests include short-term medical mission trips throughout the world, but mostly to Ecuador, Ethiopia, and Niger.