Community in the time of Corona: Rumor, Videos, Disparity, and Distrust - April 16th at 6pm

COUCH CONVERSATIONS: DISCUSSING WHAT MATTERS PRESENTING

Community in the Time of Corona – Rumors, Videos, Disparity and Distrust.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020 5:45 PM – 8:00 PM Zoom Video Conference: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pwu9tza8RXS9NGYM7hMPfg

SPEAKERS’ BIOS Sabrina A. Assoumou , MD MPH , is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of

Medicine and an attending physician in the section of Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center. She is a clinician-investigator who cares for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients at the BUSM/BMC’s Centers for Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Assoumou graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and obtained her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She then completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency at Brown University and an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Harvard University’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where she was awarded the Finland Award for Research Excellence. She also earned a Masters of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Cassandra Pierre, MD MPH, MSc , is an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine, the Medical Director of Public Health Programs and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center and the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Council.

PROGRAM Line Opens Welcome and Introduction:

Bithiah Carter, President of NEBiP

Opening Remarks:

Ciciley Moore, Program Officer of W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Speakers:

Drs. Sabrina Assoumou, Cassandra Pierre and Thea James

Discussion:

Community in the Time of Corona

Question and Answers:

Audience

Adjourn

DESCRIPTION Infectious disease experts Dr. Sabrina Assoumou and Dr. Cassandra Pierre, and Dr. Thea James, expert in emergency medicine, all of Boston Medical Center, will discuss the impact of Corona on the black community.

This is an opportunity to learn more about the virus and answer the question whether or not the current response to COVID-19 is sufficient for communities of color, particularly the black community. This webinar will address: What should we know? Who gets tested? Where should someone go for help? What are the obstacles or challenges that are correlated to black people being disproportionality affected by the virus?

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Her research is focused on infection prevention in vulnerable populations (including the implementation of lowcost infection control interventions to reduce bacteremia among neonates in low-income settings). Her clinical interests include HIV management in special subpopulations (immigrants of color, pregnant women, transactional sex workers and people with substance use).

Dr. Thea James, MD , is Vice President of Mission and Associate Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical

Center. She is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program at BMC. Dr. James is a founding member of the National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Advocacy Programs (NNHVIP). In 2011 she was appointed to Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence.

As Vice President of Mission, Dr. James works with caregivers throughout BMC. Additionally she has primary responsibility for coordinating and maximizing BMC’s relationships and strategic alliances with a wide range of local, state and national organizations including community agencies, housing advocates, and others that partner with BMC to meet the full spectrum of patient needs with a goal of fostering innovative and effective new models of care that are essential for patients and communities to thrive.

Today’s program was made possible by the generous support of: