Please join us for a special RICHI event with guest speaker, Dr. Anik Patel, presenting on Careers in global health: expanding your skillset for a global landscape. Dr. Patel will discuss how to start a career in global health, the challenges and benefits of a career in global health, avoiding medical tourism, and offer advice…

ICAAP’s Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative (RICHI) welcomes Dr. Vidya Ramanathan, MD, MPH, FAAP to speak on Human Rights and Children’s Health: A Multilink Bond. We will first go over human rights and child rights broadly, and then cover some human rights violations in immigrant and refugee children. Then we will talk about the impacts…

Judge Fujimoto was an Immigration Judge in the Chicago Immigration Court from 1990 to May 2019. Since retiring, he has served as an Adjunct Professor and Senior Practitioner in Residence with DePaul University’s Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic. He will be sharing his perspective on the asylum process in the context of the courtroom, including what…

Please join us for the monthly Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative (RICHI) Meeting. We will be discussing the needs of families migrating from the U.S. border and providing shelter and policy updates.

Please join us for the monthly Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative Meeting

Forensic asylum evaluations can contribute to important decisions in immigration proceedings and be used to support agencies in providing quality care to immigrants seeking legal relief. Dr. Claudette Antuña, a forensic evaluator with over 20 years of experience providing counseling and evaluations and co-author of the recent article, “Professional Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Immigration…

It is estimated that 88% of human trafficking victims are seen in a healthcare facility at least once during the period in which they are victimized. As healthcare providers, we are among the frontline; be prepared to not only identify victims, but also know what to do when you suspect a patient is experiencing human…

Please register for the next MHRC’s mentorship meeting on Friday, February 25, 2022 from 2-4 pm. MHRC is a project of ICAAP’s Refugee Immigrant Child Health Initiative. Gary Mart, MD will present two psychological forensic evaluations for asylum cases (one a minor and the other a young, transgendered adult) and discuss the challenges of conducting…

Please join us for “Pediatric Immigrant and Refugee Health Care in the 21st Century—Clinical and Policy Perspectives” featuring renowned pediatrician Janine Young, MD, FAAP on Friday, December 3, 2021. Her career is focused on health care and access to care for immigrants and refugees. She is a national speaker on topics such as the standard…

Please join us for our next mentorship gathering on Friday, September 24, 2021 from 3-5 pm. We will meet virtually via Zoom. We welcome Aimee Hilado, Ph.D. LCSW Founder/Clinical Director of The RefugeeOne Wellness Program & ZERO TO THREE Fellow. Dr. Hillado will present a case that successfully was granted asylum. This session will provide an introduction to conducting…