William T. Branch Jr. Innovations in Primary Care Lectureship
About the Lecture Series
William T. Branch Jr., MD, is an innovator and pioneer in the medical education of trainees and practitioners with a focus on primary care. The William T. Branch Jr. Fund for Innovations in Primary Care supports education and research activities focused on primary care at Emory University. The purpose of the William T. Branch Innovation in Primary Care Series will be to offer innovative, interactive presentations that:
- Promote the life-long learning of humanism in medicine
- Support the development of professional identity and a bond to the primary care profession
- Foster collaborative, collegial relationships among health professional
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Details
Date: April 20, 2022
Time: 6 pm
Speaker: Sandro Galea, MD MPH DrPH
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University
Location: Claudia Nance Rollins Building, 1518 Clifton Rd NE Atlanta 30322
Space is limited
Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Academy of Medicine. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature and is a regular contributor to a range of public media, about the social causes of health, mental health, and the consequences of trauma. He has been listed as one of the most widely cited scholars in the social sciences. He is past chair of the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Galea has received several lifetime achievement awards. Galea holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto, graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow.
Reception with hors d’oeuvres and drinks to follow.
Previously Recorded Lectures
Date
October 5, 2021
Lecture Title
2021 William T. Branch Jr. Innovations in Primary Care
"Realizing our Potential as Healers: Professional Identity Formation"
Speaker
Dennis Novack, MD
Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Medical Education
Drexel University College of Medicine

Date
October 6, 2020
Lecture Title
2020 William T. Branch Jr. Innovations in Primary Care Lecture:
"What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear"
Speaker
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
