UCLA to explore the links between health, labor trafficking; Event will feature a human trafficking survivor

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UCLA to explore the links between health, labor trafficking

and organ trafficking

Event will feature a human trafficking survivor

WHAT:                                  “Trends in Exploitation: Labor Trafficking and Organ Trafficking,” a look at the health implications of labor trafficking and organ trafficking.

WHEN                                   8:30 to 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 20

WHERE:                               UCLA Covel Commons, 330 DeNeve Dr., Salon A on the third floor

SPEAKERS:                        

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        • Dr. Janet Pregler, professor of clinical medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center

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        • Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, medical director of the UCLA Kidney Transplant Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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        • Dr. Susie Baldwin, chief of the health assessment unit in the Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

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        • Kay Buck, executive director, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking

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        • A human trafficking survivor

COST:                                    The event is free, but registration is required by Oct. 17. Parking is $11, cash only and exact change required.

INFORMATION:                 To RSVP, contact Daphney Alexander at 310-794-8063 or dtalexander@mednet.ucla.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT:           Enrique Rivero, UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations

                                                erivero@mednet.ucla.edu, (310) 794-2273.