Halina
Shatravka,
B.S. in Neuroscience
OMS-III
University of New England
Halina Shatravka is a third-year medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to medical school, Halina worked on clinical trials in neuro-oncology at Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is a 2017 recipient of the State Department Critical Language Scholarship. Halina is originally from New York City.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Fight Isn't Over Until It's Over: Addressing Racism Through an Interprofessional Healthcare Lens
Background:Racism in healthcare is a persistent problem that can manifest as overt discrimination or subtly as implicit biases. Historically, systemic racism in healthcare has caused trauma among certain racialized groups and structural barriers to health access further perpetuate racial inequities and disparities. Consequently, people of color experience increased morbidity and mortality. Because racism in healthcare is rarely addressed in traditional curricula, five students from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM) developed an IPE event to raise…