Events
Hidden Wounds of War 2022
Date and Time
Thursday, May 12, 2022 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Location
Charles W. Loosemore Auditorium
GVSU's Richard M. DeVos Center
401 Fulton St W
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Free parking is available in the Seward Ramp.
We will continue to offer a digital alternative for all of our events. Please register for the event to receive links for virtual participation.
Description
How can we better serve those who serve and have served us? This question challenges us to think about those who gave much and those who gave all, to serve our communities and nation. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased stress to our veterans, medical service workers, first responders, families, and communities. All too often, the psychological trauma experienced by those on the front lines is suffered in silence. The aftereffects of service bring the hardship home. By embracing honest discussion and developing strong support networks, winning the battle against these harrowing challenges is possible.
Dr. William P. Nash, MD, clinical psychiatrist at the VA Greater
Los Angeles Healthcare System and consultant to the UCLA Prevention
Center of Excellence and the United Nations, will join us as this
year’s keynote speaker. Dr. Nash will be sharing from his experience
working with combat and occupational stress injuries. In addition to
Dr. Nash's keynote presentations, we will have morning and afternoon
breakout sessions addressing these topics. Select sessions will be
available for social work CEU credit.
The Hidden Wounds of War Conference is hosted by the Hauenstein
Center in partnership with Grand Valley State University’s Peter F.
Secchia Military and Veterans Resource Center, the West Michigan
Veterans Coalition, and the Kent County Veteran Services Office.
Conference Schedule:
8 AM - Breakfast and Registration
9 AM - Welcome remarks and Dr.
Nash Keynote - "Understanding Combat and Occupational Stress
Injuries"
10:45 AM - Break
11 AM - Morning Breakout
Sessions (TBA)
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Dr. Nash Keynote -
"Preventing and Healing Occupational Stress Injuries"
3
PM - Break
3:15 PM - Afternoon Breakout Sessions (TBA)
4:45 PM
- Conference concludes
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This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, alumni, hauenstein, leadership, and veterans.
Contact
[email protected]
(616) 331-2770