Our Academic Work
National & International





Contributing to the growing body of knowledge of

evidence-based research on human trafficking.



Published in the September 2020 issue: "Educating Physicians on Sex Trafficking: Who Receives Our Empathy and Whom Do We Blame?"



Rachel J Shin M4, Austin M Oberlin M4, Fidelma Rigby MD & Fay Chelmow RN



7th Annual Meeting, May 2019, Nashville, TN
The Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology


Presenter: AUSTIN Oberlin, M4
Human Trafficking – A Social Justice/Public Health Approach


Faculty Development Grant Recipient VCUHS, Awarded November 2019 for our team to create a Human Trafficking Curriculum for Medical Students



Amy Hazzard M4, Cheryl Bodamer PhD, Fidelma Rigby MD, Caitlin Martin MD



APGO/CREOG Annual Meeting February 2019: Breakout Session: Human Trafficking, A Review of the Scope and Workshop



JESSICA CHAOUL M4, AMY HAZZARD M4, ALEXANDRA STILES M4, Fidelma Rigby MD, Cheryl Bodamer PhD,



Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare January 2020: Simulation- based Medical Education on Human Trafficking



Jessica Chaoul M4, Amy Hazzard M4,
CHERYL BODAMER PHD



APGO/CREOG Annual Meeting 2020:
Breakout Session: The Educational Impact of a Human Trafficking Symposium



Sid HarihaRAn M4, Matthew Wishnoff M4, Alina Naqvi M4, FIDELMA RIGBY MD, CHERYL BODAMER PHD



APGO/CREOG Annual Meeting 2021:
Breakout Session: Creating a Virtual Simulation Course



Fidelma Rigby MD, Cheryl Bodamer PhD, Emily Marko Md, Carolyn Davis MD



June 2021: ACCEPTED for Publication!
Human Trafficking Education for Healthcare Providers in the ED



Caroline Shadowen M4, Sarah Beaverson M4, Fidelma Rigby MD



April 2022: Invited to present at IHTSJ Conference in September 2022!
"Acceptance and Awareness of Sugaring Relationship in the VCU Community"



Sarah Beaverson, M3, Vashali Jain, M3, Kathleen Pugh, M3, Lauren Hanley, M3



August 2023: Invited to ACA's National Conference: "Creating a Partnership Between a Medical School and Juvenile Correctional Facility to Mitigate Sex Trafficking Risk through Evidence-Based Sexual Health"



Lauren Hanley & Teresa Elmore were 4th year medical students when they piloted their curriculum at a correctional facility. At the time of this conference, both had just commenced their residency training at UNC and Yale UniversitY



August 2023: Workshop description



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August 2023: Workshop Presenters -
Lauren Hanley, Mark Murphy, Teresa Elmore



* THANK YOU MARK MURPHY,M.S., LPC, CCE-Juv, Department of Juvenile Justice, Richmond, Virginia FOR MENTORING MY STUDENTS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR ABSTRACT TO THIS IMPORTANT NATIONAL CONFERENCE



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