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The late Paul Farmer in his HMS office.

Harvard Medical School Receives $50 Million Gift Establishing Paul Farmer Collaborative

January 10, 2023

Donation will support collaboration between Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.

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In Memoriam: Paul Farmer

February 21, 2022

HMS, world, lose global health pioneer, and renowned humanitarian

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Working in the Dark

November 9, 2021

In low- and middle-income countries around the world, the lack of even the most basic diagnostic tools has a devastating impact on human health, according to a report released Oct. 7 by The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics

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Paul Farmer sees reason for hope in Haiti’s homegrown response

October 4, 2021

The summer was a season of devastation for Haiti, with a presidential assassination in early July, a major earthquake in mid-August that killed more than 2,000 people, and then, three days later, the impact of Tropical Storm Grace.

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2021 Dean’s Innovation and Internal Award Program Recipients

August 31, 2021

2021 Dean’s Innovation Grants in Health Care Delivery—a collaboration with Ariadne Labs Spark Grants Program

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Dr Eric Krakauer Awarded the “For People’s Health” Medal by Viet Nam’s Ministry of Health

July 28, 2021

Krakauer awarded Medal for the Health of the People from the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

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Farmer chosen as 2021 Aurora Humanitarian by Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

July 28, 2021

Paul Farmer, the Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard, was one of five individuals chosen as 2021 Aurora Humanitarians by the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative.

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Meredith Brooks Awarded Parker B. Francis Fellowship

May 4, 2021

Dr. Brooks proposes to use geospatial and genotypic analyses of transmission networks around adolescents with pulmonary TB to better characterize local TB transmission in high burden settings. These methods will elucidate important person, place, and time interactions of TB transmission in adolescents, and may inform priority areas for deployment and assessment of targeted public health interventions aimed at ending TB.

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Carole Mitnick Promoted to Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

November 5, 2020

The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is delighted to announce the promotion of Carole Mitnick to Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine on October 1, 2020. 

Dr. Anne Becker

Anne Becker Named Dean for Clinical and Academic Affairs

January 2, 2020

On April 1, 2020, Dr. Anne Becker will begin her new role at HMS as Dean for Clinical and Academic Affairs.

Dr. Gustavo Velásquez

Dr. Gustavo Velásquez Honored

December 13, 2019

Dr. Gustavo Velásquez receives awards for his research in developing safe, tolerable, and effective treatment regimens for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Patel's Gairdner Global Health Award for leadership celebrated

Patel's Gairdner Global Health Award for leadership celebrated

April 29, 2019

On April 23, 2019, Dr. Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, was honored at a reception.

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