Graphic Medicine: An Afternoon with Shirlene Obuobi

USC Visions and Voices

The Visualizing Medicine Lecture Series
Graphic Medicine: Comics as Tools for Advocacy and Self-Reflection - An Afternoon W/ Shirlene Obuobi

Mayer Auditorium

Admission is free. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Monday, October 2, at 9 a.m. <a href="https://www.shirleneobuobi.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shirlene Obuobi</a> is a Ghanaian-American physician who is currently completing her cardiology fellowship in Chicago. During a stressful time in her medical education, Obuobi started making comics as a means of self-expression as a Black woman in medicine. Friends encouraged her to broaden her audience by creating a website and Instagram account under the moniker <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shirlywhirlmd/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@shirlywhirlmd</a>, which has more than 43,000 followers. She has also written a novel, On Rotation, which has been described as “effervescent” by Publishers Weekly, and is a regular contributor to the Washington Post. In a captivating lecture, Obuobi will describe how she utilizes comics for persuasion, advocacy, and commentary, and how the art form allows her to reflect on daily experiences and systemic healthcare issues, using stories to advocate for better patient care and healthcare-provider wellbeing in an often-dehumanizing healthcare system. <a href="https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/eventdetails/?event_id=43415282136886&amp;s_type=&amp;s_genre=" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here to learn more. </a>

Presented by <a href="https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USC Visions and Voices.</a> Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Renee Rau (Norris Medical Library), Annie M. Thompson (Norris Medical Library), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and the Law) Program, the USC Libraries, and the CHLA Center for Bioethics.

<h3>Related Events: </h3>Visualizing Medicine: Humanizing Healthcare through Web Comics and Graphic Memoir Beginning Monday, October 16, 2023 Norris Medical Library, Health Sciences Campus <a href="https://visionsandvoices.usc.edu/eventdetails/?event_id=43415368554605" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Envisioning Empathy through Graphic Memoir: An Afternoon with Alison Bechdel</a> Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 4 p.m. Mayer Auditorium, Health Sciences Campus

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