A trauma-informed care approach to conducting forensic medical and psychological evaluations for female asylum seekers

Lisa Pardee is based at the Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA. She is a Master of Public Health Candidate in Epidemiology with a certificate in Global Health at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She is a recent graduate from New York University with a Bachelor of Science in Global Public Health and Biology from New York University. She is an Associate Director of Research at NYU Empower Lab at NYU Langone, a public health lab that researches topics concerning sexual and gender-based violence. She has conducted research on trauma-informed care, refugee/asylum seeker health and service utilization among survivors of the commercial sexual exploitation.

Yasmin Hung is based at the Department of Psychology, New York University College of Arts and Science, New York, New York, USA. She is an incoming Master of Public Health Candidate in Chronic Disease Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. She is a recent graduate from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Public Health from New York University. She is a Research Assistant at NYU Empower Lab at NYU Langone, a public health lab that researches topics concerning sexual and gender-based violence. She is passionate about public health areas like trauma-informed care, asylum seeker health and sex-disaggregating health data.

Lameya Rahman is based at the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College School of Arts and Sciences, New York, New York, USA. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She is a research assistant at NYU Empower Lab a clinical research and advocacy lab, which focuses on sexual and gender-based violence. She has conducted research on asylum seeker health, homelessness and health concerns relating to the pregnant population and trauma-informed care.

Grishma Patel is based at the Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. She is a second-year Medical Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has a deep interest in understanding the various ways in which various social determinants might adversely impact someone's health and well-being.

Nicole Munoz is based at College of Arts and Science of New York University, New York, New York, USA. She is an Undergraduate at New York University's College of Arts and Science and School of Global Public Health. She is studying Global Public Health and Biology and has varying interests in oncology, women’s reproductive and sexual health, sexual and gender-based violence awareness and cancer survivorship programs for women.

Veronica Ades is based at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, New York, USA, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Veronica Ades, MD, MPH, FACOG, is the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She is the Principal Investigator of the Empower Lab, and the Founder and Co-director of the EMPOWER Center, a comprehensive care center for survivors of the commercial sexual exploitation and other forms of sexual- and gender-based violence.