Salem State Series 2018: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
| Hours: | 7:30pm |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Health & Wellness |
David Walton, MD, MPH and Jim Ansara, co-founders of Build Health International, to join Farmer
Salem State University's long-running and popular speaker series will bring medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer, MD, PhD to campus on Tuesday, Nov.6, 2018.
At the event, Farmer, co-founder and chief strategist of international non-profit Partners In Health (PIH), will discuss his experiences with the organization, focusing on global health inequality as the engine to systematic violence and poverty.
Since 1987, PIH has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty.
The Nov. 6, 2018 event will be held at 7:30 pm at Salem State University's Twohig Gymnasium.
Tickets are now on sale.
Price categories are as follows:
Premium $60 (Entered to win VIP dinner and photo with speaker)
Reserved $40
General Admission $25
Salem State Student $10
Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world's poorest people, and written extensively on health, human rights and the consequences of social inequality.
Through his organization, Farmer and his colleagues in the U.S.
and around the world have pioneered novel community-based treatment strategies that help give resource-poor areas access to high-quality health care.
Farmer will be joined on stage by colleagues David Walton, MD, MPH and Jim Ansara of Build Health International, a Boston-based global healthcare infrastructure non-profit that was established in 2013.
The inspiration for the non-profit came after the 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010.
Walton and Ansara came together in Haiti to build the Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, a 320-bed state-of-the-art facillity in the Central Plateau.
The concept for this event came from Salem State University supporter and honorary degree recipient Bill Cummings '13H.
Mr. Cummings, and his wife Joyce '13H, have been instrumental through their foundation to Salem State University's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS).
CHGS aims to educate and empower students, teachers and the community to combat racism, prejudice, ethnic hatred and abuse of authority--many of the same themes woven throughout Dr. Farmer's publications, research and actions.
Because of the Cummings' generosity, for the last four years, a group of CHGS students have traveled to Rwanda to explore its culture following its 1994 genocide.
The students visit hospitals made possible by Dr. Farmer via Partners In Health and Dr. Walton and Mr. Ansara through Build Health International.
The Series speakers' roles in Rwanda's recovery and growth has allowed its government to focus on healthcare and ultimately double its life expectancy since 1995.
Therefore, this Salem State Series provides a thoughtful synergy to highlight these shared passions.
| COST | ↑ top |
$25-$60
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.salemstate.edu/alumni-and-friends/stay-connected/annual-events/salem-state-series
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
225 Canal St., Salem, MA, 01970 map
Phone: 978-542-7555
Salem State University O'Keefe Complex
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