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Dr. Allison Henderson is a family physician with a passion for refugee healthcare and treating London’s most marginalized populations. After completing her medical training at Western University and the University of British Columbia, she pursued additional studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine after which she spent over four years working as a physician in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Since returning to London in 2016, she has been working at the London Intercommunity Health Center and is the physician lead for the Newcomer Clinic which partners with Cross Cultural Learner’s Centre to provide multi-disciplinary health services for refugees in their first year of arrival to Canada.  She also has a family practice of mostly Syrian and Yazidi refugees.  She appreciates working with a multi-cultural team as well as learning more about resilience and coping from the patients she encounters.  While not working she loves gardening and spending time outdoors with her partner and two children.