[GlobalHealth] Paul Farmer speaking on Global Health at SBRI on April 23

[Daren Wade]

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To Global Health Faculty and Students

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute’s Annual Dinner,
Passport to Global Health Celebration will occur on April 23
with Paul Farmer as the Keynote Speaker.

Dr. Paul Farmer has graciously offered to step in for Dr. Jim Kim as Keynote Speaker.
Dr. Jim Kim has recently been named President of Dartmouth College and, despite his best efforts, is unable to come to Seattle.
SBRI is honored that Dr. Farmer will join us to share his vision for a healthy and stable future.

Please join SBRI for this extraordinary occasion to learn about global health from Dr. Farmer. Purchase your ticket today!

Thursday, April 23, 2009
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Keynote speaker & co-recipient of SBRI’s Advancing Global Health Award
Paul Farmer is known worldwide for his pioneering endeavors in global health.
His work is the subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder’s book,
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would
Cure the World. Dr. Farmer has approached some of the most difficult challenges
of global health and discovered new ways of making progress. His mission:
to transform health care on a global scale by focusing on the world’s neediest and sickest communities.

“A Man Who Would Cure the World”

 *   Physician, anthropologist and specialist in infectious  disease
 *   Co-founder of Partners In Health
 *   Pioneer in advancing healthcare for people with multidrug-resistant  tuberculosis and HIV in underserved populations
 *   Winner of MacArthur “Genius Award”
 *   American Medical Association International Physician Award
 *   Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize (awarded to Partners In  Health)

SBRI will present both Dr. Farmer and Dr. Kim with the Advancing Global Health Award for their professional work together at Partners In Health and for their similar, passionate drive to change the way the world combats infectious diseases that kill millions every year.

“What the American public thinks is very important to the future of global health. Many people are moved by the idea that there is unnecessary suffering in the world, and we could do a lot to stop it. ”— Paul Farmer

Join SBRI on April 23rd to hear Paul Farmer share his belief that improving global health will change the world.

To purchase your ticket to the Passport to Global Health Celebration,
please go to www.sbri.org <http://www.sbri.org> . C
ontact Mary Rennekamp at passport at sbri.org <mailto:passport at sbri.org>  or 206.256.7120
to purchase your ticket, sponsorship, or table today. Individual tickets start at $250; tables start at $1,500.
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Theodore C. White, Ph.D.
Member - SBRI
Professor - University of Washington
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
307 Westlake Ave., N.
Suite 500
Seattle, WA  98109-5219
Phone:  206-256-7344
FAX:  206-256-7229
Email:  ted.white at sbri.org
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