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Time
8:00
8:30
Activity
Registration
Introduction
8:40 9:40
9:40 –
10:35
Keynote Speaker
NCTTP’s
2014
Research Report
Approaches to
Legal Challenges
10:35- 50
10:50 –
11:35
Coffee Break
Approaches
To
Treatment
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11:35 12:30
NCTTP Centers’
Research:
Assessment Tool
Outcomes
12:30
1:30 –
2:30
2:30 –
3:30
Collaboration
Lunch Break
Keynote
Speaker
NCTTP Centers’
Research:
Diagnosis
&
Treatment
3:30
3:45 4:50
Coffee Break
Research:
Predictors
Skill Building
Qualitative Work
4:50
Review / Closing
March 4, 2015 - NCTTP’s 7 Annual Research Symposium:
Torture: Clinical, Community & Policy Interventions & Outcomes
Volunteers
Jose Quiroga, MD, Organizer; Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH, NCTTP president
Claudio Grossman, J.D.: Contributions of the United Nations Committee against Torture in
the Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors
NCTTP Research & Data Committee: Crystal Riley, MA, Chair; S. Megan Berthold, PhD,
LCSW, Co-Chair. Survivors of Torture in Treatment Programs in the U. S. – Data FYs 2008 2014: Types of Torture, Demographic Characteristics, Pilot Outcome Data
Linda Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH, Director, Boston Center for Health & Human Rights.
Seeking Asylum: Challenges for LBGT Community.
Ruth Vargas, PhD, Torture Treatment Center of Oregon, Portland, Oregon.
Contribution of psycho-forensic reports using the Istanbul protocol.
10:35 – 10:50
Karen Fondacaro, PhD, Director, New England Survivors of Torture and Trauma (NESTT);
Emily C Mazzulla, PhD, Associate Director, NESTT.
Rethinking PTSD in Refugees and Torture Survivors: the Applicability of Chronic Traumatic
Stress to Guide Assessment, Intervention, and Policy.
Mary Bunn, MA, LCSW, Adjunct Faculty, U of Chicago Sch. of Medicine; Charles Goesel, MA,
Content Coordinator, National Partnership for Community Training (NPCT); Melodie Kinet,
MPH, MBA, Director, NPCT; Faith Ray, Project Manager, National Capacity Building Project.
Group Therapy for Survivors of Torture: A Literature Review
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Introduction of International Guests
Joan Hodges-Wu, MA, Program Advisor, Survivors of Torture, International Institute of
Connecticut. Survivors of Torture Case Management Assessment Tool (SOT-CMAT)
Martha Shumway, PhD, Survivors International, Assoc Prof, University of CA at SF/San
Francisco General Hospital Trauma Recovery Program. Measuring Outcomes Among
Torture Survivors: Applying Lessons Learned About Cognitive Aspects of Measurement”.
Ann Tran, PhD, SI, Staff Psychologist, UCSF/SFGH Trauma Recovery Program. Integrated
Care of Torture Survivors: A Collaborative Approach to Identifying & Serving Survivors.
12:30 – 1:30
J David Kinzie, M.D.: The Complex Psychiatric and Medical Diagnosis of Traumatized,
Tortured Refugees & Asylum Seekers ; Implications for Treatment
S. Megan Berthold, PhD, LCSW, University of Conn School of Social Work, in conjunction
with the Harvard Program for Refugee Trauma.
Mental Health Sequelae of Traumatic Head Injury.
Kashia Collingridge, MSW, Lead Case Manager; Alison Burke, MSW, Case Manger, Program
for Survivors of Torture & Trauma, Falls Church, VA.
Addressing the Needs of Survivors of Torture with complex psychosocial presentations
within a multidisciplinary service model: An in-depth case exploration.
Bradon Hexom, MD, Associate Medical Director, Libertas Center for Human Rights, Queens;
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NY; Ruyan Rahnama, 3 yr medical student, Icahn Sch of Medicine, Mount Sinai. Patterns
of Emergency Room Visits for Torture Survivors.
3:30 – 3:45
Suzan Song, MD, MPH, Medical Director; James Livingston, PhD, Senior Staff Psychologist;
Asian Americans for Community Involvement, Center for Survivors of Torture, San Jose CA
Predictors of MH & Functioning: Role of time, cumulative torture, and cultural resources.
Jenifer J Esala, PhD, Research Associate, Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Capacity Building: Skill Building to Enhance Mental
Health Programming and Service Delivery.
Dr. Esala; Tonya Cook, MSW, School of Social Work, U of Minnesota.
Integrated Behavior Health Care for Karen Refugees: A Qualitative Inquiry.
Jenifer Wolf Williams, EdD, LPC, Volunteer. Pro-Social Engagement Concurrent to
Posttraumatic Distress: Implications for Treatment.
Jose Quiroga, MD, & Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH