Syrian refugees adjusting to U.S. bring complex health needs

A story on PBS NewsHour about the growing number of refugees in Buffalo who have come from active conflict zones and the way that health care systems and cultures are changing in response to these populations interviews a number of UB faculty members and alumni: Kim Griswold, associate professor of family medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and medical director of the WNY Center for Refugee Trauma and Torture; Myron Glick, a graduate of the medical school and founder of Jericho Road, which provides health care services specifically to refugee and low-income community members; and Ali Kadhum, an alumnus of the UB School of Social Work and a case manager at Lake Shore Behavioral Health’s Lower West Side Counseling. “Some of the folks that we have seen have been horribly tortured physically, with scars to prove it, amputations, other things that we have seen that are horrific, cigarette burns, whipping,” Griswold said. Isok Kim, assistant professor of social work, also was interviewed but was not featured in the segment, which aired on PBS stations around the nation. Media relations staff were integral to bringing PBS to Buffalo for the story after meeting their correspondent at the Med-PR conference last year.

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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/syrian-refugees-adjusting-u-s-bring-hard-meet-health-needs/