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 Bryn Mawr 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, Bryn Mawr College
- Vice Chair of the Mayor's Drug and Alcohol Executive Commission of the City of Philadelphia
Clayton Ruley, MSS, MLSP
- Bryn Mawr College 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 here. 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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