Brown Bag Seminar: Mental health and psychosocial support for male former Yazidi child soldiers in northern Iraq: Gaps in humanitarian response and legal obligations
Serhat Yildirim, MD, MMSc, obtained his medical degree from Ghent University in Belgium and completed his master of medical sciences in global health delivery at Harvard Medical School as a Fulbright and Fayat Scholar. His research, under Theresa Betancourt, focused on mental health services for former Yazidi child soldiers in northern Iraq.
Yildirim is currently a research associate at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, working on reparations as a public health intervention, healthcare delivery in conflict zones, and immigration health. He has also participated in humanitarian missions in the Middle East and North Africa and is dedicated to advancing equity and the rights of vulnerable communities worldwide.
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