Event on ZOOM -- saintmarys.edu
| THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021 | 7:00 PM | REGISTER |
The 2021 Spring Endowed Lecture Series is focused on “Spirituality, Ethics and Health Care.” COVID-19 has rapidly changed the way we live and the way we respond spiritually and ethically to those in need. This series will look at questions of Catholic bioethics in light of the pandemic, global health and human rights, spirituality and the option for the poor, and human dignity in light of racial disparities in health care.
The Center for Spirituality is pleased to welcome Paul Farmer, MD, PhD and Jennie Weiss Block, OP, DMin for this virtual lecture.
Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to improving health care for the world’s poorest people. He is 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. Farmer holds an MD and PhD from Harvard University. He is the Kolokotrones University Professor and the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. His most recent book is Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History.
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