Saint Albans, New York, United States
Robert Rock, MD, MHS is a family physician, health services researcher, and educator dedicated to using medicine as a means to social justice. His work exists at the intersection of interdisciplinary health professions education, clinical medicine, and public health developing research and programming to realize structures conducive to flourishing for historically oppressed groups. He has a decade of experience designing and implementing health equity curricula in collaboration with community partners for interprofessional healthcare trainees. Dr. Rock obtained his MD from the Yale School of Medicine, trained in social and family medicine within the Residency Program for Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, and went on to receive his Masters in Health Sciences from Yale University through the National Clinician Scholars Program. During his masters, Dr. Rock took courses in Community Based Participatory Research and applied this philosophy to study community perceptions of Cancer Center accountability for health equity. For his efforts, Dr. Rock has had a student activism award named after him and a colleague at the Yale School of Medicine, he's also been named a top 40 under 40 Leader in Health in 2020 by the National Minority Quality Forum, and the 2020 Rising Star for Excellence for Social Mission in Health Professions Education by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM East Coast USA Time