{"id":60383,"date":"2012-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/infectious-disease-treatment-in-impoverished-countries-is-topic-of-next-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-2\/"},"modified":"2012-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"infectious-disease-treatment-in-impoverished-countries-is-topic-of-next-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/infectious-disease-treatment-in-impoverished-countries-is-topic-of-next-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-oct-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Infectious disease treatment in impoverished countries is topic of next 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium lecture, Oct. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 24, 2012 \u2013 Joia Mukherjee, medical director of the international medical charity Partners In Health, is the next speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Honors Colloquium, which examines the politics and money influencing health care around the world.<\/p>\n


\nAll of the lectures in the semester-long series, called \u201cHealth Care Change? Health, Politics and Money,\u201d begin at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus. They are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\nIn her lecture, Mukherjee will discuss Partners In Health\u2019s mission to deliver hope for the poorest of the poor. The organization treats infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and HIV\/AIDS, in developing countries.<\/p>\n


\nMukherjee has a master of public health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and trained in infectious disease, internal medicine and pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She travels to underprivileged nations around the world to help treat and fight deadly diseases. Details of some of her work with Paul Farmer were included in Mountains Beyond Mountains, a book written by fellow Honors Colloquium presenter Tracy Kidder.<\/p>\n


\nThe remaining speakers in the colloquium series are Gregory Poland, director of the vaccine research group at the Mayo Clinic (Oct. 9); Roberta Friedman, director of public policy at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University (Oct. 23); Jonathan Gruber, director of the health care program at the National Bureau of Economic Research (Oct. 30); Stephanie Chafee, co-founder of the Rhode Island Free Clinic (Nov. 13); Michael Fine, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (Nov. 27); and Unni Karanukara, international president of Doctors Without Borders (Dec. 10).<\/p>\n


\nOther colloquium events include the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre presentation of the play Marvin\u2019s Room, a dark comedy that deals with family care and end of life issues, on Oct. 11-14 and 18-21, and the medical musical comedy, Damaged Care, on Dec. 4. <\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n


\nAll remaining lectures will be streamed live at www.uri.edu\/hc, where the complete schedule of events is also listed. For additional information about the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium, contact Deborah Gardiner at debg@uri.edu or 401-874-2381.<\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsor of the Honors Colloquium is the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, with sustaining sponsors including the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President, Office of the Provost, the Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, and the Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment. Leadership sponsors include the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, the college of Pharmacy, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Multicultural Center, and the Department of Communications and Marketing. Also sponsoring the Honors Colloquium are Cox Communications, the College of Business Administration, Department of Publications and Creative Services, College of Engineering, College of Nursing, College of Human Science and Services, Division of Administration and Finance, Division of Student Life, and Department of Communication Studies of the Harrington School of Communication & Media. Joia Mukherjee\u2019s lecture is also sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Multicultural Center.<\/p>\n


\nThis press release was written by Danielle Sanda, an intern in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Communications and Marketing and a public relations major.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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