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About the speaker

Rupa M. Khetarpal, MA, MSW, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers University, School of Social Work. She has nearly two decades of practice experience with survivors of trauma, both domestic and international including Africa, South Asia, Middle East, Balkan, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Her clinical practice has included working with survivors of torture, human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual violence, and gender-based violence. She has also worked extensively on developing cross-cultural competencies within various systems in responding to trauma survivors in New Jersey. Rupa’s areas of research and practice include global gender-based violence, cross cultural identities, resilience in traumatized populations, refugee mental health, and fostering the development of future social workers through education and supervision. She currently manages the MSW Violence Against Women and Children Certificate Program (VAWC-CP) that offers specialized education through the Center on Violence Against Women and Children, Rutgers University. She maintains a private practice in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Disclosure Statements

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Rupa M. Khetarpal, MA, MSW, LCSW, reports that she has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. She will not discuss any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, in this presentation. This presentation was initially planned and recorded prior to January 1, 2023; therefore, the financial disclosure statement from the speaker reflects only the preceding 12 months, as was the standard at the time. This enduring activity was last reviewed for content validity on July 18, 2024. All conflicts have been mitigated through review.

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis J. Marino, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, April Sobiech, LCSW-C, Latia Suite, LCSW-C, Rachel Smolowitz, PhD, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Stephanie M. Robinson, MSN, RN, Lisa E. Seldon, DNP, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.