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An Evening with Drs. Chris Beyrer and Jennifer Leaning

  • When
  • November 9, 2017
    1:00–8:00 p.m. (EST)
  • Where
  • Open Society Foundations–New York
    224 West 57th Street
    New York, NY 10019
    United States of America
  • Speakers
  • Chris Beyrer, Joanna Erdman, Jonathan Cohen, and Jennifer Leaning

The Open Society Public Health Program hosts an evening event with Drs. Chris Beyrer and Jennifer Leaning in honor of their years of service on the Public Health Program Advisory Board.  

The event will feature a presentation by Dr. Beyrer on his recent work examining human rights and the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, and by Dr. Leaning discussing her work on Syria, war, and the weaponization of healthcare. The discussion following the presentations will be moderated by Joanna Erdman, chair of the Public Health Program Advisory Board, and Jonathan Cohen, director of the Open Society Public Health Program.

Speakers

  • Chris Beyrer

    Speaker

    Chris Beyrer is a professor of epidemiology, international health, and health, behavior, and society at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

  • Joanna Erdman

    Speaker

    Joanna N. Erdman is chair of the Public Health Program Advisory Board and Women’s Rights Program Advisory Board.

  • Jonathan Cohen

    Moderator

    Until November 2021, Jonathan Cohen was the director of the Open Society Public Health Program.

  • Jennifer Leaning

    Speaker

    Jennifer Leaning is the Francois Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health, and director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.

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