This half-day research focused symposium April 21, 2017, was the capstone event concluding the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration’s year-long series focusing on transgender issues at the intersection of law and global health.
Global and national experts from a variety of relevant disciplinary perspectives addressed the state of the field, ongoing work in their areas of expertise, and priorities and gaps for research.
USC-based work was also highlighted, including commentary from faculty and students, and the symposium concluded with a discussion of implications for research, challenges moving forward, and directions for the future.
Summary
Read a summary of the symposium here.
Details
Friday, April 21, 2017
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
USC Gould School of Law (LAW) 130
USC University Park Campus
Moderator:
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA | Program on Global Health & Human Rights, Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine & Gould School of Law
State of the Field, Ongoing Work, Priorities & Gaps
Diana Feliz Oliva, MSW | St. John’s Well Child & Family Center Transgender Health
Stefan Baral, MD | Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins University
Eszter Kismödi, JD, LLM | Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale Law School and School of Public Health, Yale University
Sari Reisner, ScD | Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Reflections & Implications for Research, Challenges, Direction for Future
Avery Everhart, PhD Candidate | Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
Cary Klemmer, MSW, PhD Candidate | Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California
David Cruz, JD, MS | Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
Laura Ferguson, PhD, MSc | Program on Global Health & Human Rights, Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine
Michael Reich, PhD | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Essential Background Materials:
“Discrimination and Denial of Care: The Unmet Need for Transgender Health in South Los Angeles” [PDF]
“Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review” [PDF]
“Human Rights, the Law, and HIV among Transgender People” [PDF]
“Transgender community voices: a participatory population perspective” [PDF]
