Vikram Patel Wins John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Faculty Associate Vikram Patel, Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and professor of global health and population at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the recipient of the 2019 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award. Canada’s prestigious medical award is given annually to a “scientist whose advances have (or will potentially have) a significant impact on health outcomes in the developing world.” The award is given by the Gairdner Foundation, and provides each laureate with $100,000 CDN to spend as they choose.