WHAT:
Key policy makers will gather to unveil and discuss the next steps needed at "Health, Health Care Resource Needs and Utilization in Newly Arrived Middle Eastern Refugees: Implications of Findings from a Two-Year Follow-up Study of Newly Arrived Iraqi Refugees," the results of a National Institutes of Health-funded research study conducted by Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers that looked at the stressors and needs of newly-arrived refugees from the Middle East, particularly Iraqi refugees. WSU researchers, in collaboration with community organizations, followed the health trajectory and health care utilization among newly arrived refugees exposed to trauma in their homelands as they attempted to adapt to new lives in Michigan.

WHEN: 
Friday, Aug. 14, 2015
Noon to 2 p.m.
Lunch will be served - please confirm your attendance or any special dietary needs to hjamil@med.wayne.edu

WHERE: 
WSU Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
3939 Woodward Ave., Detroit
2nd floor conference room
Parking available in the 25 W. Alexandrine structure at Woodward Avenue. 

WHO:
Key Michigan policy makers and WSU researchers, including representatives from the Chaldean Community Foundation, Iraqi Consulate and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

About Wayne State University School of Medicine
Founded in 1868, the Wayne State University School of Medicine educates more than 1,000 medical students in Midtown Detroit. In addition to undergraduate medical education, the school offers master's degree, Ph.D. and M.D.-Ph.D. programs in 14 areas of basic science to about 400 students annually.  

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 380 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 28,000 students.