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Shannon Findlay, MD, MPH, CTropMed

Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Medical Director
  • Social Medicine Fellowship Director
  • Anti-Human Trafficking Faculty Advisor
  • Johnson County of Human Trafficking Co-Leader

Education

  • MD in Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
  • Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • IA Fellow in Global Health, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  • MPH, University of Iowa
  • BA, Central College, Pella, IA

Research Interests

  • Social Medicine - Access to Healthcare based on Gender, Manuscript Under Review after Submission
  • Social Medicine - Train the Trainer; Medical Student Education Human Trafficking Evaluation, Manuscript Ready to Submit
  • Social Medicine - Clinical Skills for Responding to Sexual Violence, Manuscript Ready to Submit
  • Multi-center - AWARE III Trail, Site PI, Under IRB Review for Expansion of AWARE II Project
  • Social Medicine Human Trafficking Screening Quality Improvement, Manuscript in Writing
  • Social Medicine - Human Trafficking Screening Quality Improvement, Manuscript in Writing
  • Social Medicine - Unstable Housing Screening, Emergency Department, Data Collecting in Progress
  • Social Medicine - Qualitative Analysis of Provider Identification of Human trafficking, Study Design in Progress
  • Social Medicine - Sensitive Documentation Education to Medical Student, Study Design in Progress

Licenses & Certifications

  • Certified of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health (CTropMed)
  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Advanced Hazmat Life support, Arizona State University
  • Humanitarian Simulation, University of Minnesota Center for Global & Social Responsibility
  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Health Emergency in Large Population, The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance

Selected Publications

  • Anthony Young†, Shannon Findlay, MD†, Michael Cole, MD, James A. Cranford, PhD, Michelle Daniel, MD, MHPE, Harrison Alter, MD, MS, Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH, Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos, MD, MPH, Wendi-Jo Wendt, MD, Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH. A Teach-the-Teacher Module for Human Trafficking Bedside Instruction. MedEdPORTAL. 2024;20:11422. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11422 
  • Creative Writing - Breadth of Life, Iowa Family Medicine Publication
  • Creative Writing - C is for a Call to Create: Creating a Departmental Response to Human Trafficking. AAWEP Section Newsletter
  • Human Trafficking Resolution - Emergency Medicine Residency Association
  • Foundations of Emergency Medicine - Session 19: Assault and Human Trafficking Foundations III Author
  • Human Trafficking Victims in the Emergency Department: Recognition and Responses. Specials Report. EB Medicine 2020.
  • Human Trafficking: Recognition and Response in the Pediatric Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice. EB Medicine June 2022.
  • Findlay S, Harland K., Rundle D., Wheaton N. Human Trafficking Didactic Session Resulted in Improved Awareness. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health. CORD Abstracts Special Issue. Volume XVII. Aug. 2016
  • Findlay S, Buresh C, Junker C, Bobb M, Harland K. Adapted Helping Babies Breathe Approach to Neonatal Resuscitation in Haiti: a retrospective cohort study Unite for Sight Conference. April 2020.
  • Findlay S, Okoro U, Lee S, Harland K, Evers M, Dang E, McCormick M, Buresh C. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Departments of Health on Patients in a Rural Academic Emergency Department. ACEP COVID-19 Research Forum. Aug. 2021.