

Dr. Paul Farmer
(1959-2022)
Physician, teacher, and activist whose commitment to justice and dignity shaped each of our lives and saved millions more.
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Sheila Davis: "The World is Better Because of You"
PIH CEO Dr. Sheila Davis delivered one of several eulogies for Dr. Paul Farmer, PIH's co-founder and chief strategist, who died in Rwanda on Monday, Feb. 21.
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Cameron Nutt: "On Serotiny: Lessons from Paul"
Cameron Nutt, infectious disease fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital and Paul's former research assistant, wrote a tribute to his mentor:
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Claudine Humure: "Dr. Paul Farmer: Who He Was and Why He Mattered—A Personal Perspective"
Claudine Humure, among Paul Farmer's first patients in Rwanda in the early 2000s, wrote this reflection following his death:
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Matthew Bonds: "Paul Farmer's Radical Intellectual Vision"
Matthew Bonds, an associate professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and cofounder of PIVOT, Boston, MA, wrote a tribute to Paul Farmer in Science on March 31, 2002. Here's an excerpt:
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Dan Palazuelos: "I lost my captain, my mentor, my trickster uncle, my great friend"
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