Heather Lusk to get 2022 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Honor
Uploaded on Nov 28, 2022 in Newsroom
HONOLULU– The Hawai’i State Division of Health And Wellness (DOH) Damage Decrease Solutions Branch introduced that Heather Lusk will certainly get the 2022 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Honor. Heather is being recognized for her superior payments to boosting accessibility to HIV/AIDS solutions in Hawai’i.
” Heather has actually committed her occupation to broadening accessibility to HIV/AIDS solutions as well as promoting for wellness equity,” stated Dr. Glenn Wasserman, DOH Communicable Condition as well as Public Health And Wellness Nursing Department Principal.
” In my over thirty years operating in public wellness in a range of abilities as well as setups, I really feel that Heather is amongst the handful of my previous associates whose payments were as well as remain to be genuinely superior,” stated Paul Davis, previous supervisor of the DOH Hawaii HIV Neighborhood Preparation Team. “Heather remains to make substantial payments to the wellness of neighborhoods, especially those which have actually been as well as still are marginalized as well as traditionally underserved. We require a lot more Heathers in this area.”
Heather is the Exec Supervisor of the Hawai’i Health And Wellness & & Damage Decrease Facility as well as has more than thirty years of experience committed to decreasing wellness variations as well as preconception pertaining to HIV, viral liver disease, as well as various other persistent problems connected to material usage. She is likewise the Chair of Allies in Treatment, Board Participant of Oahu’s Homeless Union, as well as Co-Director of Hep Free Hawai’i.
In 2018, Heather led the effective initiative to integrate the Life Structure with the CHOW Task to develop the Hawaiʻi Health and wellness as well as Damage Decrease Facility (HHHRC). Under her management, the range of HHHRC has actually expanded to consist of HIV clinical instance monitoring, syringe exchange program, HIV as well as liver disease C therapy as well as screening, injury treatment, HIV pre- as well as post-exposure treatment, counseling & & therapy, real estate as well as homeless outreach, trangender treatment as well as social solutions, cigarette smoking cessation, Police Assisted Diversion (LEAD) solutions, monkeypox (MPV) outreach as well as inoculation, as well as procedure of a clinical center.
Heather operated at DOH’s STD/AIDS Avoidance Branch in the very early 2000s as well as assisted develop the requirements of look after Hawai’i locals dealing with liver disease C. Heather was likewise a very early as well as vigorous supporter for damage reduction-based public wellness methods as well as has actually contributed in the development of damage decrease in Hawai’i.
The honor will certainly exist throughout the yearly Globe AIDS Day event at the Church of Crossroads in Honolulu on Thursday, December 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.. The general public rates to participate in the tale in-person or by Zoom.
Suzanne Richmond-Crum died in August 2004 after offering for greater than ten years as supervisor of the Hawai’i Seropositivity as well as Medical Monitoring Program (HSPAMM) of the DOH Damage Decrease Solutions Branch. The honor was developed in honor of the dedication as well as concern she showed in her HIV/AIDS job as well as exists every year to a specific in Hawai’i for their superior payment in giving HIV/AIDS solutions. 2022 will certainly note the 19th yearly bestowing of this honor.
For additional information on statewide Globe AIDS Day occasions, see https://worldaidsdayhawaii.org/.
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