Foreign Policy magazine’s second annual list of top 100 global thinkers includes three HMS faculty members: Paul Farmer, head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and cofounder of Partners In Health; Atul Gawande, associate professor of surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Nicholas Christakis, professor of medical sociology.
The magazine cites Farmer’s efforts in global health, particularly in Haiti, as modeling “how aid can be done.” Gawande, who is both a surgeon and an author, is recognized not only for his contributions to the health care reform debate but for his critiques on decision-making processes in contexts burdened with information overload. Christakis, along with collaborator James Fowler from University of California, San Diego, is commended for analyzing and quantifying the interconnectedness of social networks and human health.
Complete list of Foreign Policy magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers.
