PROJECT: A pilot program that incorporates point-of-care ultrasound into street-side services for people experiencing homelessness.

Em Dickey is pursuing her MD in hopes of doing her part to build a world where when we die and how much we suffer along the way is not dictated by hierarchies that place the worth of some human lives above others. A guiding question she uses to decide how to spend her life is: “Am I learning to work in community with friends to upend systems of oppression?” If the answer is yes, she goes for it.

Dickey received her BA in Anthropology at Willamette University and her EdM in Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She worked as Program Director for the Chemawa Indian School-Willamette University Partnership, a mentoring program serving Native American youth; collected stories about intergenerational trauma and nomadic practices as a tool for healing on the Innu reserves of Sheshatshiu and Natuashish in Labrador, Canada as a Fulbright Scholar; supported a Nepali NGO serving women survivors of wartime violence as a Luce Scholar; and created curricula for community health workers with Compañeros en Salud (Partners in Health Mexico).

Dickey plans to train in emergency medicine to accompany and serve people who are underinsured, struggling with substance use disorders, and experiencing cyclical violence.