~ FEATURED SPEAKER ~ Dr. Lejeune Lockett, DM, MSPH, Director of the Office of International Affairs at Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science and Assistant Professor. She holds a BA from the University of California Davis, a Master’s in Public Health from UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, and a Doctorate in Management from University of Phoenix. She is fluent in 4 languages, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. During her career she managed health resources in Zambia through the Peace Corps and has worked with non-profits in international health education.
Dr. Lockett discussed the role of the Office of International Affairs at Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science. She also provide information on the challenges of vaccine hesitancy globally and the status of the pandemic in communities of India and South Africa. She also provided an example of how Charles R. Drew is supporting Rise Up! House in Zambia, a community for young girls impacted by HIV.