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Paul Farmer

American anthropologist, 1959-2022 · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 62

Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a University Professor and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

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2022Died21 February 20222020Berggruen PrizeAward2019Honorary Doctorate from the McGill UniversityAward2018NAS Public Welfare MedalAward2016Bronislaw Malinowski AwardAwardWashburn AwardAward2012Honorary Doctor of the Northwestern UniversityAward2010Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2009Honorary Doctor of the University of PennsylvaniaAwardHonorary Doctorate from Columbia UniversityAward2007Honorary Doctorate from Emory UniversityAward2006Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAwardMendel MedalAward2003Heinz AwardAward1993MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1959Born26 October 1959

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Berggruen Prize2020
Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University2019
NAS Public Welfare Medal2018
Washburn Award2016
Bronislaw Malinowski Award2016
Honorary Doctor of the Northwestern University2012
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2010
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University2009
Honorary Doctor of the University of Pennsylvania2009
Honorary Doctorate from Emory University2007
Mendel Medal2006
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University2006
Heinz Award2003
MacArthur Fellows Program1993

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He was the co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health (PIH), an international non-profit organization that since 1987 has provided direct health care services and undertaken research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty to improve equitable access to health care. He was professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1959 to 2022 · aged 62

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