Incarceration and Its Impact on Health

Event Recording

Event Description

Please join the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights on Tuesday, February 15 from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET for a panel discussion on the impact incarceration has on health. This event is the first of a four-part series on medical justice and the carceral state organized by the FXB Center, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Medical Justice Alliance. This event is also part of the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnership’s Equity and Social Justice Series.

About the Series

The “Medical Justice and the Carceral State” webinar series aims to encourage collaboration between health and legal experts, raise awareness about health care disenfranchisement in carceral settings, and showcase the material change that is possible through public interest law and medical partnerships.

Speakers

Toorjo Ghose, MSW, PhD

Associate Professor of Social Policy & Practice

University of Pennsylvania

Jasmine Graves, MPH

PhD Candidate, Population Health Sciences

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

FXB Center Doctoral Cohort Member

Monik C. Jiménez, ScD

Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Women’s Health

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

FXB Center Faculty Affiliate

Edjah K. Nduom, MD, FAANS

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Emory University School of Medicine

Joneisha (Sashi) James

Administrator for the Executive Director, The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls

Lead Organizer, National State #ClemencyWorks Campaign

Families for Justice As Healing

Moderator

Alden M. Landry, MD, MPH

Assistant Dean, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership,

Harvard Medical School

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Registration

To register for this event, click here.

Co-Sponsors

• Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion & Community Partnership
• Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
• The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
• Medical Justice Alliance

Event Flyer

View and download the event flyer here.