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A sign pointing the way to the “colored waiting room” in a 1943 photo of a scene from Rome, Georgia, symbolizes how a legacy of historic racism leads to unequal health care for Black people, Native Americans, and members of other groups that still face discrimination today.

Journal Editors and Scholars Confront a History of Medical Discrimination

July 1, 2024

Understanding the roots of racism and social determinants of health to make a better future

A silver-haired man, wearing a black jacket and a red shirt, smiles at someone off camera.

Patel Named New Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine

June 1, 2023

Leader in research, mental health care delivery to succeed Paul Farmer

Unlit candles and paper holders line a stone wall at the edge of a snowy HMS Quadrangle, with Gordon Hall visible in background

Candlelight Vigil Captured

March 31, 2022

Audio recordings capture remembrances of global health leader

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Remembering Paul Farmer

March 7, 2022

Community gathers to celebrate life and light of doctor, leader, teacher, friend

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In Memoriam: Paul Farmer

February 21, 2022

HMS, world lose global health pioneer, humanitarian

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Mental Health Gets a Boost in Texas

June 15, 2021

$10 Million Lone Star Prize includes support for scale-up of HMS EMPOWER initiative

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Rethinking Health and Human Rights

December 16, 2020

Paul Farmer awarded Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture

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A Different Kind of Healing

November 1, 2019

Psychologist Joseph Gone’s work integrates history, culture and spirituality

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Lessons From My Mother

October 22, 2019

Vikram Patel to speak on patient-centered care for chronic conditions

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The Speed of Discovery

October 17, 2019

Len Blavatnik returns to HMS, discusses philanthropy, science

George Daley, Dean of Harvard Medical School, Paul Farmer, head of the HMS department of global health and social medicine, Gairdner Global Health Award winner Vikram Patel, Janet Rossant, president of the Gairdner Foundation and Ashish Jha, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Initiative celebrate Patel's groundbreaking research in global mental health.

Mental Health Breaks Through

April 25, 2019

Gairdner Global Health Award for leadership celebrated at HMS

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Gairdner Awards for HMS Researchers

April 2, 2019

Honors recognize scientists’ transformational work in global mental health and protein science

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