Session P: Prisons
Tracks
Track 1
| Thursday, September 12, 2019 |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM |
| Montreal A & B, Level 11 |
Speaker
Dr. Nadine Kronfli
Assistant Professor, Clinician-Investigator
McGill University
Tackling prisoner health via an upstream public health approach
3:45 PM - 4:05 PMBiography
Dr. Nadine Kronfli is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at McGill University and a Junior Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Her research focuses on improving engagement in hepatitis C care for people in prison.
Dr. Karla Thornton
Professor, Division Of Infectious Diseases
Project Echo, Universty Of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Project ECHO as a model for hepatitis care in the prisons
4:05 PM - 4:25 PMBiography
Karla Thornton is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of New Mexico and serves as an Associate Director of Project ECHO. She provides HCV care in the state prisons using the ECHO model and provides education about HCV and addiction in the prisons through her peer education program.
Dr. Anne Spaulding
Associate Professor
Emory RSPH
Hepatitis C testing and treatment in correctional systems across the United States
4:25 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr. Spaulding obtained her M.D. from Medical College of Virginia and her M.P.H. through Johns Hopkins. Currently she is an associate professor at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta GA. She has authored over 100 articles and letters, focusing on infectious diseases in jails and prisons.
Panel
Questions & Discussion
4:45 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Chair
Matthew Akiyama
Assistant Professor Of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
Andrew Lloyd
Program Head
The Kirby Institute
