Benefit Dinner: “A Night For Global Health” & Closing Keynote by Dr. Evan Lyon
Dr. Evan Lyon will be delivering the closing keynote of the 2008 Summit at GlobeMed's "Night for Global Health" dinner. Click on the "benefit dinner" tab above.
Evan Lyon, MD focuses on community-based approaches to HIV and TB treatment, providing primary care in resource-poor settings, and management of chronic disease using community health workers. He has worked in Haiti with Partners In Health since 1996.
Dr. Lyon received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 2003 and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2007. He is currently a hospitalist on the faculty of Brigham and Women's Hospital, an Associate Physician at the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lyon is also an editor of the journal of Health and Human Rights.
Beyond working to provide care in poor communities, Dr. Lyon's research and advocacy work has focused on economic, social and political inequality, the health consequences of war and political violence - with particular emphasis on the Iraq war, the right to health, and popular, community-based responses to global health problems.
Dinner Information
Features
- Keynote presentation by Evan Lyon, M.D. from Partners In Health
- GlobeMed Project Fair & Reception: featuring selected global health work from GlobeMed students across our network
- Cultural performances, silent auction, and much more!
Attire
- Casual evening attire
Venue
Saturday, April 5, 2008 - 6:00pm
Location: Hilton Garden Inn (1818 Maple Avenue, Evanston, IL)
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Questions?
Contact Ankur at benefit@globemed.org.
