During the 2021 - 22 academic year the department of Global Health and Social Medicine has celebrated 150 year of education.  Here our faculty reflect on what place the department has in history, education, and influencing the practice of medicine around the globe.

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Allan M. Brandt, PhD
Interim Chair
 Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Professor of the History of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Paul E. Farmer, PhD, MD
GHSM Chair 2009 - 2022
Kolokotrones University Professor. Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Edward Hundert, MD
Daniel D. Federman, MD Professor in Residence of Global Health and Social Medicine and Medical Education
Dean for Medical Education, Harvard Medical School

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David Jones, PhD, MD
A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Arthur Kleinman, MD
GHMS Chair 1991 - 2000
Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Vikram Patel, PhD, MB, BS
The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School

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Scott Harris Podolsky, MD
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
Director, Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Medical Library
Primary Care Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital

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Robert D. Truog, MD
Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine, Professor of Anaesthesia (Pediatrics)

Thank you to Shehzad Noorani for the slideshow photos which are copyright protected and may not be downloaded or used for any purposes.