Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, 5-7PM, Gateway Conference Room
Learn about harm reduction as a strategy in working with people living with addiction and its place within the field of public health. Dinner will be served. Panelists include a 草榴成人社区 alum working in harm reduction in Boston, a professor emeritus from the BMC Sociology Department, and two staff members from Prevention Point, a harm reduction non-profit in North Philadelphia. Click here for the panelists' full bios and to learn more about their roles promoting harm reduction in Boston and Philadelphia.
Panelists:
Sarah Mackin, MPH
- BMC Class of 2007
- Director of Harm Reduction Services, AHOPE Needle Exchange, Boston Public Health Commission
Judy Porter, Ph.D
- Professor Emeritus of Sociology, 草榴成人社区
- Vice Chair of the Mayor's Drug and Alcohol Executive Commission of the City of Philadelphia
Clayton Ruley, MSS, MLSP
- 草榴成人社区 Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Class of 2010
- STEP (Stabilization Treatment and Engagement Program) Coordinator, Prevention Point Philadelphia
Brian Work, MD, MPH
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Chair of the Board, Prevention Point Philadelphia
- Clinical Site Director, Bridging the Gaps Program
To register for this event, click . It will take place at the Gateway Conference Room, in the lower level of the Admissions Office.
If you have any questions, please contact Brittney Chan (bmchan@brynmawr.edu).
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