January
21,
2021
Decolonizing Care In Treatment
Join our health science community for a series of free workshops and conversations focused on topics related to equity, diversity and inclusion that deeply impact our work and our practice. This event is free and open to all health sciences faculty, students, staff, practicing professionals, and community members.
Continuing Education credit is available!
Dr. Khan is a postdoctoral fellow in Infectious Diseases at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, TX and a grassroots activist working at the intersection of science and social justice. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Microbiology and Global Studies, specializing in Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles and completed her PhD in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at UTHealth.
Her work focuses on studying molecular mechanisms of antibiotic and antimicrobial peptide resistance in multidrug-resistant enterococci. In addition to her basic science research, Dr. Khan specializes in clinical microbiology with a focus on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). She is currently developing innovative phenotypic, molecular and genomicsbased diagnostics for AST and the detection of multidrug-resistant organisms to take a personalized medicine approach to patient care.
She was a recipient of the President’s Award and Dean’s Award from UTHealth and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Khan delivered a Distinguished Research lecture as recipient of the Featured Abstract chosen by the Infectious Diseases Society of America at IDWeek 2019. Dr. Khan is also the Founder and President of the American Society for Microbiology, Texas Medical Center Chapter and launched the Young Biologist Program through ASM that mentors and teachers microbiology to minority youth at under-funded, Title I, high schools in Houston. She also recently founded the Medical and Science Coalition for Activism to mobilize for racial justice in research and medicine.
Heather Crowley (UW Madison- BA ’96 Social Welfare/ American Indian Studies, ’03 MS Social Work, Mental Health) LCSW, is a current Supervisor with a local Human Service agency- with skills specifically related to enhancing community collaboration, supporting gang prevention/intervention, human trafficking prevention/intervention, and diverting youth from formal system involvement.
She is also a Behavioral Health Social Worker at a Madison Hospital, working in the Emergency Department as well as Inpatient Behavioral Health. Since 2017 she has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP) in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Previous experience includes Chair of the Dane County Commission on Sensitive Crimes, part-time lecturer at UW Madison in the School of Social Work, Victim Witness Advocate in the Dane Co DA’s Office, an outpatient therapist and case manager at Journey Mental Health, among other specialties. Specific training in trauma related issues, child and family systems, community collaboration, and dialoguing diversity-related issues and perspectives. She is also a proud member of the HoChunk Nation.
This year, we will have a series devoted to decolonizing health care. Decolonizing is about freeing systems from their historical colonial status and increasing the recognition, value of, and respect for the cultures of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Contact Lisa Imhoff at lisa.imhoff@wisc.edu with any questions or comments.
