The PCHC Steering Committee includes representatives from the TH Chan Medical School and the UMass-Baystate PURCH program as well as interprofessional partners Bay Path University.
PCHC Steering Committee Contact Information
Please direct inquiries to PCHC@umassmed.edu
Raquel Belforti, DO, M.Ed, Associate Dean of Education, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate; Raquel.Belforti@baystatehealth.org
Lisa Clinton, PURCH Student Placement Coordinator, UMMS-Baystate; Lisa.Clinton@umassmed.edu
Linda Cragin, Director, MassAHEC Network and AHEC Scholars; 508-856-4303; Linda.Cragin@umassmed.edu
Sarah Forrester, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences ; Sarah.Forrester@umassmed.edu
Andrew Haggarty, Librarian, Library Education and Clinical Services, UMass Chan Lamar Soutter Library. Andew.Haggarty@umassmed.edu
Heather-Lyn Haley PhD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director, Population and Community Health Clerkship; 774-441-6366; Heather-Lyn.Haley@umassmed.edu
Marie Meckel MS, PA-C, MPH, MPhil, Assistant Professor Physician Assistant Program, Bay Path University
Isaias Monroy, Educational Program Specialist, Office for Undergraduate Medical Education, TH Chan School of Medicine; Isaias.Monroy@umassmed.edu
Domenica Perrone, M.B.A., M.A., Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, Collaborative in Health Equity, UMass Chan Office of Health Equity
Trish Seymour, MS MD, FAAFP, FHM, Associate Professor Family Medicine & Community Health; Assistant Dean Clinical Curriculum, OUME; and UMMMC Medical Staff President
Hugh Silk MD, Vice Chair for Community Health, UMass Chan Family Medicine and Commnuity Health, hugh.silk@umassmemorial.org
From the department of Family Medicine and Community Health's Tuesday Talk on Community Health: November, 2021
Population and Community Health Clerkship
Thanks to director Heather-Lyn Haley along with department faculty Suzanne Cashman and Linda Cragin, and the entire planning team for completing the gargantuan effort of the 2021 Population and Community Health Clerkship. All courses stop to facilitate full-time effort by second year medical students and graduate nursing students to explore the interprofessional networks of care that serve the health needs of specific communities or populations. Students are required to write reflections, prepare and present a group presentation and engage in community service-learning relevant to the community issues being studied. It is impossible to acknowledge all of the community-based leaders who make this course possible. We are deeply grateful to our collaborators, including department faculty and residents who contributed to 24 of the 28 experiential learning opportunities:
Accountable Care in the Massachusetts Medicaid Program: An introduction with a Focus on Health Equity (Contributing Faculty: Terry Lindblom, Paul Kirby, Kim Lenz)
Barre Biodome: Expanding Seasonal Access to Fresh Produce and Creating a Community Meditation Space in Barre, MA (Kristina Gracey)
Caring for the Uninsured and Under-Resourced (Jim Ledwith)
Coming Home: Exploring the Challenges of Community Reentry and Health Equity for Criminal Justice Involved Populations (Warren Ferguson, Kate Pivovarova)
Confronting Telehealth Equity on Rural Outer Cape Cod (Andy Lowe)
Elders Climate Action MA/UMass Team (Roger Luckmann)
Examining Racism as a Public Health Crisis (Matilde (Mattie) Castiel)
HIV in Massachusetts: A state’s action plan and two community responses in Worcester and Lawrence (Phil Bolduc, Chris Bositis, Vanessa Carson-Sasso)
Identifying Education & Training Needs Within the Disconnected Youth Population on Martha's Vineyard (Suzanne Cashman)
Improving health and medication literacy among patients with limited English proficiency at the Family Health Center of Worcester (Sara Casey; residents Katherine Price, Robin Christian, Stephanie Eierle and Henry Louis)
Injury prevention IS public health (Worcester DPH and UMMHC Injury Prevention Program (Michael Hirsh)
Introduction to Veterans/Military Health Issues (Linda Cragin, Resident: Ben Eovaldi)
Language Access and Patient Encounters (Lisa Morris)
Living with a Disability (Linda Long-Bellil)
LUV (Listening to Unheard Voices): Making Opioid Interventions More Effective by Humanizing Addiction (Heather-Lyn Haley)
UMMS Dominican Republic Batey Health Initiative (Michele Pugnaire; Global Health Fellows: Satu Salonen and Raulo Colon-Mulero)
Moving Worcester: Meeting Worcester’s Leaders in Physical Activity Promotion (Elizabeth Erban)
Oral Health in Underserved Populations- More important than you think! (Hugh Silk)
Prehospital Care and Disaster Management: Healthcare delivery amidst unprecedented circumstances in the 2020s (Nicholas Hajj)
Providing compassionate care to Worcester’s Homeless Population (Erik Garcia, Stephanie Connors)
See it My Way: The VIPs (Visually Impaired Persons) in Worcester County (Heather-Lyn Haley)
Seeking Refuge During a Pandemic: Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health in Lowell, MA (Emily Ferrara)
Understanding and addressing root causes of vaccine hesitancy among LatinX youth in Lawrence (Linda Cragin)
Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative (Sara Shields)