Global Health

Day-1: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

08:00 AM – 05:00 PM

Exhibition
Posters, publications and art work from students, organizations, and immigrant children

08:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Plenary session (A): Why health of migrants now?

• ­Migration is a global phenomenon with unprecedented trends
• ­Causes, politics, and consequences of internal displacement and international migration
• ­International efforts to address associated humanitarian and health needs

Moderator

• Philip Keiser - Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB and Galveston County Local Health Authority

Speakers

• ­Ben G. Raimer - Senior Vice President, Health Policy and Legislative Affairs, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
• ­Kanokporn Kaojaroen - Migration and Health Officer, Department of Service Delivery & Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)
• ­Marcelo Korc - Senior advisor for Sustainable Development, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• ­Carlos Van Der Laat - Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Plenary session (B): Health status and access to healthcare: current situation, challenges, and opportunities

• ­Current situation and trends of immigrants’ health outcomes
• ­Immigrants’ access to healthcare and policies that shape it
• ­Availability and appropriateness of mental health services

Moderator

• TBD

Speakers

• ­Cristina Rabadán-Diehl - Director, Office of the Americas Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• ­Paul Spiegel – Director, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University
• ­Christopher Greely - chief of public health pediatric, Texas Children’s Hospital

12:00 PM

Lunch

01:00 PM – 01:30 PM

Exhibition tour

02:00 PM – 03:30 PM

Parallel Session (1): Immigrants and healthcare policies

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­Jennifer Hadayia - Senior Policy Planner for Harris County Public Health

Parallel Session (2): Barriers to healthcare services

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­Kathy Barasso - Chief Executive Officer, Galveston County Health District
• Linda Moore – Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UTMB

Parallel Session (3): Mental Health

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­Léonce Byimana - Executive Director, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition

03:30 PM

Break

03:45 PM – 05:30 PM

Panel discussion (1)

• ­How to close the gap between health needs of immigrants and policies and practices impacting their access to health care?
• ­Which stakeholder groups that should be involved? And who should do what?
• ­What are the most urgent tasks?

Moderator

• Matthew Dacso – Director, Center for Global Health Education, UTMB

Panelists

• ­Umair Shah – Executive Director, Harris County Public Health (HCPH)
• ­Andrea Caracostis - Chief Executive Officer of the Asian American Health Coalition dba HOPE Clinic

06:00 PM – 07:30 PM

Reception

Day-2: Thursday, October 12, 2017

08:00 AM – 05:00 PM

Exhibition

Posters, publications and art work from students, organizations, and immigrant children

08:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Plenary session (C): Beyond healthcare: what shapes migrants health?

• ­Social determinants of immigrants’ health
• ­Non-health policies that shape immigrants health
• ­Examples for cross-sector actions

Moderator

• ­Alexandra (Lexi) Nolen - Vice-President for Impact, Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF)

Speakers

• ­Maria Gudelia Rangel Gomez Coordinator of the Comprehensive Strategy for Migrant Health in the Mexico Ministry of Health and the Delegate to the U.S.-México Border Health Commission (USMBHC)
• ­TBC - Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• ­Victoria Gass; Policy Advisor, Central America, Oxfam America
• ­Marc Schenker - Distinguished Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of California (UC David Health)

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Parallel Session (4): Employment and employment conditions

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­Shannon Guilot-Wright – Community Health Research Fellow, Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, UTMB

Parallel Session (5): documentation and Legal status

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­TBC - Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative

Parallel Session (6): Education

Moderator

• ­TBD

Speakers

• ­Jeffrey Temple - Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UTMB

12:00 PM

Lunch

01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Exhibition tour

• ­All participants are invited to vote for posters and artwork

02:00 PM – 03:00 PM

Conference synthesis

Moderator

• ­Premal Patel; Associate Director at Center for Global Health Education and Assistant Professor at Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB

Presenter

• ­Michael Goodman; Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, UTMB

Panel

• ­Representatives from the documentation committee

03:00 – 03:15

Break

03:15 PM – 04:45 PM

Panel discussion (2)

• ­How to address the gaps that were highlighted in the synthesis (in relation to policies, practices and structures)?
• ­What are some opportunities to use to address these gaps?
• ­What are the challenges and how to overcome them?

Moderator

• ­Hani Serag, Health System Research Fellow at Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Department of Pediatrics, UTMB

Speakers

• ­TBD - Legislator
• William Tierney, Chair of Population Health and Professor of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas at Austin – Dell Medical School
• ­Christine Kovic - Associate Professor of Anthropology, Undiverts of Houston – Clear Lake (UHCL)
• ­Jason Glenn – Chair, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Women Center
• ­TBD - UTEP

04:45 PM – 05:15

Closing remarks: what is next?

• ­Ben G. Raimer, MD, MA, FAAP; Senior Vice President, Health Policy and Legislative Affairs, University of Texas Medical Brach (TMB)
• ­Marcelo Korc, MPH; Senior advisor for Sustainable Development, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• ­Alexandra (Lexi) Nolen, PhD, MPH; Vice-President for Impact, Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF)
• ­Victoria Gass; Policy Advisor, Central America, Oxfam America