Elizabeth Blackwell Annual Public Lecture 2018, 'Health in a global world: my personal journey' by Dame Parveen Kumar - Bristol

External Event - 22nd Oct 2018

22 October 2018, 6.30 PM - 22 October 2018, 8.00 PM

The Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1RJ

A gastroenterologist, Professor at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Chair of the British Medical Association's Board of Science, President of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and immediate past President of Medical Women's Federation, Parveen Kumar worked in the NHS for over 40 years and continues to lecture; do clinics; teach and mentor medical students. She is a member of many health committees and charities, and previously was the President of the BMA, the Royal Society of Medicine, and Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians. She chaired the Medicines Commission UK and was a founding non-executive for NICE. She also has a major interest in medical education and in Global health.

We are delighted to welcome Dame Parveen in Bristol as our Elizabeth Blackwell Annual Lecture 2018 speaker. We are looking forward to hearing her story: a journey from the foothills of Lahore through China and India, solitary (as one of very few women) educational experience to the top of the medical profession. Dame Parveen will reflect on how her personal experiences and turbulent events of the 20th century informed her choices and how the challenges of healthcare around the world changed in that time.

Dame Parveen is known to generations of medical students for her iconic medical textbook Kumar and Clark’s 'Clinical Medicine'. Her continued support for the new generation of medical practitioners resulted in a recent publication of the 'Essentials of Global Health', a unique introduction to global health written by medical students from all over the world through the help of Medsin (now Students for Global Health), the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA), the Royal Society of Medicine and edited by Dame Parveen together with Mr B Sethia.

Attendees have the chance to win a copy of Dame Parveen Kumar's new book: 'Essentials of Global Health'.  Simply sign up to our newsletter by the end of October and you will be added to the draw.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity, sign up today!

We look forward to welcoming everyone to our annual public lecture at 6.30pm on the 22nd October 2018 at The Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL. 

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