Schedule of Events - Medical Students
9:00am - 10:00am Registration and Refreshments
10:00am - 10:30am Welcome and Introductions
Sadiya Thermidor, University of Connecticut SNMA Chapter President/ Regional Conference Co-chair
Courtney M. Johnson, Region VII Director
Dr. Cato Laurencin, Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
10:40am - 11:30am Synthesizing Primary Care with Public Health
Dr. Stanton Wolfe
Professor in the UCHC School of Medicine Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
11:40am - 12:30pm Workshops #1
Option 1: Healthcare Workforce: Investing in Primary Care: Strategies to Increase PCPs in
Underserved Communities
Jessica Johnson, 4th year MD/MPH Student, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Option 2: Community Health Centers in Connecticut
Option 3: Family Medicine Interest Group
12:30- 2:00 pm Lunch and Lecture
Mr. Jason Smith, MTS, JD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care at the University of
Connecticut Health Center
2:00-3:00 pm: Workshops #2
Option 1: Residency Awareness: Strategies for Applying to Residency
Dr.Greenstein, Senior Faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine/ Associate Program Director
in the Department of Pediatrics
Option 2: Disparities in Health Care: A Look at Sickle-Cell Disease and Cardiac Disease
Dr. Ferris-Senatus, Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology
The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center
Dr. Donna Boruchov, Hematologist and Oncologist at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
3:00pm - 5:30pm SimMan Demonstration
Exhibition Hall -- Medical Schools, Residencies, Fellowship Programs
5:00pm - 6:00pm: Workshops #3
Option 1: Cultural Humility
Asher Delerme, M.S., LADC, CCS, C-CDP
Option 2: Interactions with a Medical Translator
The Connecticut Area Health Education Center and Eastern AHEC
Option 3: The Business of Medicine (highly recommended for 4th year students)
Tricia Marriott
6:00pm - 7:30pm Dinner and Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zowie Barnes
Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland Department of Family Medicine
Former Regional Director of SNMA Region VII
Closing remarks
Dr. Marja Hurley
Director of Health Career Opportunities Program at UConn School of Medicine