As a co-founder of Partners In Health and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Farmer is one of the world’s leading thinkers on health and human rights and the consequences of social inequality. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “genius award,” his work is the subject of Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains Beyond Mountains. Dr. Farmer and his colleagues in the U.S., Haiti, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Malawi have pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that deliver high-quality health care in resource-poor settings.
