Harvard professor Paul Farmer to receive Villanova University honor

Published: 2006-04-03

VILLANOVA, Pa. (CNS) -- Dr. Paul Farmer, professor of medical anthropology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the 2006 recipient of Villanova University's Mendel Medal. The award was to be presented April 8 to Farmer, who is a founding director of Partners in Health, an international charity that provides direct health services and conducts research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are ill and poor. Farmer also is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Tracy Kidder, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World," published in 2003. The Mendel Medal was established in 1928 by the Villanova board of trustees to honor the achievements and memory of Augustinian Abbot Gregor Mendel as well as the work of an outstanding contemporary scientist.

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