A Selection of Prior Speaking, Lectures & Workshops
Pain in Labor: Unfortunate Side Affect or Incredible Benefit?
Athens Birth Circle
Understanding the life saving hormonal physiology behind labor pain & when pain becomes suffering
January 27, 2021
virtual Athens, OH
Mortality Trends in Obstetrics, Evidence Contrary Birth Policy & Transgender Competent Birth Care
Ohio University OBGYN Club
Including medical vs. midwifery models of care, evidence contrary routine birth polic, and sizeism & fatphobia in gestational healthcare
March 30, 2023
Athens, OH
Navigating Queer & Trans Perinatal Health
Maternal MH Now
Gender dysphoria & euphoria, chestfeeding, binding, lactation induction, medical discrimination and becoming a more confident provider to trans birthers
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June 30, 3023
Virtual for Los Angeles, CA org
Power Dynamics in Health Care
Healthcare Autonomy Convergence
Playing a Power Dyanmics Game Simulator created by Ash Dasuqi & Misty Porter with debrief and post-game lecture assessing providers’ decision making in the present model of medical care which competes powering over patients in their own health against providing time consuming and more expensive but higher quality patient centered care
May 27, 2023
Durham, NC
Trauma Informed Care & Prevention for Trans Birthers and other Marginalized Populations
Ohio State Univ. Adv. Practice Nursing/Midwifery
Trauma Informed Care & Trauma Prevention for Healthcare Professionals: Particularly in the Context of Birth & Trans/Queer Affirming Care, & Birth Care in Other Marginalized Populations
February 15, 2023
Virtual for Columbus, OH
Ongoing Lecturing
Trans/Queer Embodied Birth Class
Embodied Birth
Every 3-4 months Ash teaches their curriculum to another birth class cohort which include trans and/or queer people trying to conceive, pregnant, supporting pregnant people, and birth workers.
Virtual
Community Health Care Worker Program
Ohio University
Provides lectures for the CHCW program each semester
Vital Signs and Medical Terminology including Diabetes, hypertension, & breaking down barriers for health
Queer Competency in Healthcare
Gestational Health for CHWs including current updates in Black gestational health disparities, other preventable poor outcome trends & basics of perinatal/postpartum patient education
Anatomy & Physiology for CHWs