BIOLOGY EVENT
OMSI Science Pub Portland: Neuroscience and Teen Refugees
Who: Kristen Mackiewicz Seghete, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at OHSU and Matt Streng, Senior Youth Development Advisor at Mercy Corps
When: November 15th @ 7pm
Where: Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214)
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Description: Everyone knows how hard the teenage years were, however refugee teenagers have to encounter many other tribulations on top of other struggles. The impact of the amount of stress a refugee must undergo while away from home is explored from a teenage perspective.