Beyond "Saving the World": Humanitarian Education at Harvard

Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH, FACEP
Sponsored by The HSPH Alumni Association in collaboration with The Harvard Club of Chicago

The Chicago Club, Burnham Room
81 East Van Buren St.

Dr. VanRooyen is Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, a university-wide center that provides research and education related to humanitarian crises. Dr. VanRooyen has worked extensively in humanitarian assistance in over thirty countries affected by war and disaster, including Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Iraq, North Korea, Darfur-Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo, both as an emergency physician and a policy advisor with numerous relief organizations, including CARE, Save the Children, Physicians for Human Rights and Samaritans Purse International Relief.

Dr. VanRooyen is a Professor at both Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Heath, and teaches courses on humanitarian operations in war. He lectures widely and has authored over 70 publications related to international humanitarian assistance, including the textbook "Emergent Field Medicine."

Thursday, May 31, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 pm
$10 for Harvard community &guests

Light hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine

The Chicago Club

Burnham Room
81 East Van Buren Street

Chicago, IL 60605

The mission of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is to relieve human suffering in war and disaster by advancing the science and practice of humanitarian response worldwide. HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration in order to:

  • Improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention;
  • Instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies;
  • Educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders.

Register online at: alumni.sph.harvard.edu by Tuesday, May 29.

Or contact:
Daphne Mazuz, Coordinator for Alumni Affairs
Harvard School of Public Health
617-432-8429
dmazuz@hsph.harvard.edu