Enhancing civil-military synergy in surgical care: Strengthening local health systems for robust humanitarian response in armed conflict and disaster settings

Title : Enhancing civil-military synergy in surgical care: Strengthening local health systems for robust humanitarian response in armed conflict and disaster settings

Biography:

Kathryn Campos earned her B.A. at the University of Washington, USA. Currently, Kathryn is gaining her MSc in Global Health with a focus on Global Surgery at King's College London. Thereafter she will continue onwards to pursue her Medical Doctorate. Over the past few years, she has been actively involved in academic and independent research within the University of Washington Department of Surgery and the Harborview Injury Prevention Program, as well as conducting graduate research at the King's Centre for Conflict and Health. She is currently serving on the WHO Civil-Military EMT work group council. Her research has focused on trauma care, paediatric trauma, explosive violence injuries, injury prevention, humanitarian surgery, civ-mil humanitarian emergency response operations, global health security, and surgical system strengthening in austere environments. Long-term she seeks a career engaged in Global and Humanitarian Surgery, Civil-Military Humanitarian Response Programming, and Surgical Critical Care.