Kristina Borham is a current member of the Class of 2020 at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2015. She is pursuing a residency position in Obstetrics and Gynecology through the United States Air Force. Her interest in human trafficking began with a bra donation drive to Free the Girls, an organization that helps to empower women freed from sex trafficking. Shortly after, she completed two SUSTAIN (Stand Up to Sex Trafficking: Awareness, Implementation, Networking) trainings in Philadelphia through American Medical Women’s Association-Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (AMWA-PATH) and became committed to raising physician awareness of human trafficking.
She has since become a Student Co-Chair of AMWA-PATH in March 2018. She currently serves as the Medical Student Representative and Social Media Chairs. She also served as the President of her AMWA Chapter from 2017-2018 and has been an active member since 2016. Additionally, she is actively involved with the Armed Forces District of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), most recently serving as the Medical Student Representative.
Since then, she has served as primary designer for the updated Learn, Identify, and Fight Trafficking (LIFT) curriculum with AMWA-PATH, implemented and is currently adapting a peer driven trafficking curriculum at her institution, is a co-author on an upcoming clinical casebook on human trafficking, and is working to create an online presence for AMWA-PATH. She also is an active advocate for legislative change regarding medical education at each level of training. In the future, she hopes to bring awareness and skills to her colleagues and conduct research focusing on the intersection of trafficking and women’s health, ultimately advancing the role of health care providers in responding to survivors of trafficking.
