The Global Health Conference Planning Committee of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine would like to invite the university community to its 13th annual free global health conference.
The topic is “Addressing Human Trafficking in Healthcare at Local & Global Levels,” and the speakers include Michele Reali-Sorrell DNP, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P from Cleveland Clinic; and Kathleen Hackett MSN, RN, SANE-P from University Hospitals.
All healthcare workers, from trainees to those currently practicing, are invited to attend. The event will take place on the Health Education Campus (HEC) in room 181, but there is a virtual option for non-local individuals. The event will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. Lunch will be provided and there will be a gift card raffle.
RSVP by Monday, April 17. The event is sponsored by the Andrew B. Kaufman World Medicine Pathway, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Global Health Interest Group, and the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Global Child Health Track.
Questions? Email the global health conference planning committee at ghconference2023@gmail.com.
Conference Speakers
Kathleen Hackett MSN, RN, SANE-P is the Pediatric Forensic Program Coordinator for Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH. Kathleen is nationally certified through the International Association of Forensic Nurses in pediatric sexual assault nursing. Kathleen earned a Masters from Cleveland State University focused in forensic nursing. As a forensic nurse, Kathleen has provided local and national presentations on multiple topics, such as sexual violence, human trafficking, responses to trauma, trauma informed care, and non-fatal strangulation.
Michele Reali-Sorrell DNP, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P is the Enterprise Forensic Nurse Program Manager for the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. She has practiced as a forensic nurse examiner since 2005 and is a Director-at-Large for the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). Under her leadership, the Cleveland Clinic forensic nursing program has undergone many changes, including the addition of a forensic nursing follow up clinic for survivors of physical and sexual assault and simulation training for new forensic nurses both internally and nationally through IAFN. Dr. Reali-Sorrell is a member of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office Human Trafficking Subcommittee, the Demand Reduction Subcommittee, SART team; a member of the Steering Committee for the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking in Northeast Ohio; and a member of the Lake County Human Trafficking Task Force.