Howard Hiatt: How This Extraordinary Mentor Transformed Health with Science and Compassion

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Mark Rosenberg Michelle A. Williams (Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

Howard Hiatt

How This Extraordinary Mentor Transformed Health with Science and Compassion

Mark Rosenberg, Michelle A. Williams (Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

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MIT Press
01 November 2022

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Public health & preventive medicine; Health systems & services

The seven-decade career of Howard Hiatt, a pioneer in public health, advocate for global health and health equity, a mentor to generations of healthcare leaders.

The seven-decade career of Howard Hiatt, a pioneer in public health, advocate for global health and health equity, a mentor to generations of healthcare leaders.

Howard Hiatt-physician, scientist, advocate for global health, and mentor to generations of healthcare leaders-has spent much of his seven-decade career being ahead of his time. His innovative ideas as head of Harvard's School of Public Health from 1972 to 1984-about preventive medicine, the incorporation of cutting-edge science into the curriculum, and cross-disciplinary collaboration-met fierce resistance at the time but are now widely recognized building blocks of public health. Hiatt's interest in global health and health equity equipped him to advocate for a series of younger physicians and researchers, including Paul Farmer and Jim Kim, two founders of Partners in Health, and the prominent health policy expert Don Berwick. This book tells the story of Hiatt's life and work, with important lessons for today drawn from Hiatt's 92 years of experience.

Hiatt, born in 1925, attended Harvard College and received an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. Before he headed the School of Public Health, he was a modernizing force as chief of medicine at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. After his stormy tenure at SPH, he went to Brigham and Women's as a professor of medicine and a senior physician with a portfolio of his own devising. It was at the Brigham that Hiatt took on the role of mentor, influencing generations of physicians and staking out new territory in the fields of global health and clinical effectiveness. He is still active at 92 as teacher and mentor.

By: Mark Rosenberg
Foreword by: Michelle A. Williams (Dean of the Faculty Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262546690
ISBN 10: 0262546698
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Rosenberg, a physician and former Assistant Surgeon General, was President and CEO of the Task Force for Global Health from 2000-2016. He is on the faculty at Emory University's School of Medicine and Public Health and served for twenty years at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He is the coauthor of Real Collaboration- What Global Health Needs to Succeed, Violence in America- A Public Health Approach, and Patients- The Experience of Illness.