Second Annual Midwest Medical Humanities Conference

Conference Schedule

8:30 - 9:10 a.m. - University Library Basement Lobby

Registration

Breakfast will be provided.

9:15 - 10:00 a.m. - Lilly Auditorium

Keynote Presentation: Learning to Listen: How Patients’ Stories Can Influence Collaboration In Healthcare & Research

Nerissa Bauer, MD, MPH will use personal examples of how she has partnered with patients and families to highlight the value in clinical care, research and advocacy. In particular, examples of ADHD and postpartum depression will be used. Learning to listen and collaborate with families will be emphasized as a key skill to develop patient centered care and research.

10:10 - 11:10 a.m.

Breakout Session #1

Track A - Room 0110: 

1. Tyler Munn, IUPUI: From Exploitation to Empowerment: A Discussion of Black/African American Distrust of Medical Research and Potential Solutions

2. Kamna Gupta, IUPUI: Herbal Medicine and Western Medical Systems in Samoa

3. Blake Miller, IUPUI: Bizarre Medical Deceptions of the Mid-Nineteenth Century

4. Zachary Wessel, Indiana State University: Opiate Epidemic

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Track B - Room 1116: 

1. Riley O'Shaughnessy, IUPUI: Challenging Mental Illness Stigma: Narratives in Popular Media

2. Aish Thamba, IUSM: Only the Lonely: An Inquiry on the Importance of Friendships in Mental Healthcare

3. Shivani Surravarjjala, IUPUI: Progression of Mental Health in Women: From Asylum to Community

4. Aishat Audu, IUPUI: Suffering in Silence: The Story of Postpartum Depression

11:20 - 12:00 p.m.

Breakout Session #2

Track A: Mock Bioethics Committee Meeting - Room 0110

-Jane Hartsock is the Director of Clinical Ethics for the Academic Health Center at IU Health and an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program at IUPUI. She will discuss how medical decisions with ethical implications are made and facilitate a mock session where you will learn what it's like to take part in a bioethics committee.

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Track B:  Humans Make Music; Music Makes Us Human - Room 1116 

-Ann Hannan, the Director of Music Therapy at Riley Hospital for Children, will moderate this session that will explore the unique qualities of music and how its creation and consumption help to define humanity.  Across the continuum of human development, music plays a significant role in human bonding, learning, and creative expression.  Music permeates cultural experiences and modulates our perception of physical, emotional, and spiritual sensations.  Join this discussion about music its impact on human well-being.

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - University Library Basement Lobby

Networking Lunch/Poster Session

Poster Presentations:
1. Maheen Ali, IUPUI: Effects of HANDS interventions and ABA therapy on vocational training for individuals with ASD

2. Sarah Fisher, IUPUI: Quality of Care in the Elderly: Assessing Age-Related Disparities in Radiation Oncology

3. Sameeksha Malhotra, Vanderbilt University: A Narrative-based Model of Healthcare: Mending the Tattered Doctor-Patient Relationship

4. Hannah Benson, IUPUI: Does Medical Humanities equal Bioethics?

5. Karly Van Syke, IUPUI: Binta’s Group: Empowering Midwives in Labe, Guinea

6. Juan Sanchez, IUPUI: Renal Replacement Therapy for U.S. Undocumented Immigrants 

1:15 - 2:00 p.m.

Breakout Session #3

Track A - Room 0110

1. Monica Deck, IUPUI: Utility of Death as a Choice

2. Supriya Chittajallu, IUPUI: Perspectives of Death and Dying and the Role of Medical Professionals

3. Ashly Holt, IUPUI: How We Should Approach the Use of Genetic Alteration

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Track B - Room 1116

1. Carly Marten, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: A Case Study on Health Literacy Regarding Circumcision in Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2. Brittney Ortiz, IUPUI: Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence in White Non-Hispanics and Hispanics

2:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Breakout Session #4

Track A - Room 0110

1. Swapnali Chavan, IUPUI: Older Women and Discrimination at Work

2. Hannah McDonald, IUPUI: Decreasing Developmental Disparity: How a Newborn Follow-Up Program Can Impact the Developmental Trajectory of High-Risk Infants and Toddlers

3. Gurpalik Singh, IUPUI: Health Disparities: Through the lens of Alternative Break experiences

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Track B - Room 1116

1. Nirupama Devanathan, IUPUI: Metaphors, Magicians, and Messages: How Linguistics Inform Patient-Provider Interactions

2. Sneha Dave, IU Bloomington: Advocacy for Young Adults with Chronic Diseases

3:00 - 3:40 p.m. - Lilly Auditorium

Dramatic Readings and Closing Remarks

Presenters:
1. Marlena Dib, West Virginia University: Truth of the Souls
2. Melody Wickstrom, IUPUI: I Hold in my Hands a Heart
3. Monica Deck, IUPUI: Tyger, Tyger: a Pathography