Events

Past Event

CGT Lunchtime Seminar with Prabhjot Singh: “The Last Mile: Getting Healthcare to the Places that Need it Most”

March 7, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027 411
Prabhjot Singh, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Arnhold Institute for Global Health and Chair of the Department of Health System Design and Global Health at the Mount Sinai Health System, as well as Special Advisor for Strategy and Design at the Peterson Center for Healthcare. He is also an affiliate physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and volunteers in the surrounding Harlem neighborhood. Prabhjot is the author of Dying and Living in the Neighborhood: A Street-Level View of America’s Healthcare Promise (Johns Hopkins Press). His next books focus on last mile health (Columbia University Press, with Raj Panjabi) and how to invest in better healthcare (Columbia Business School Press, with Niyum Gandhi). He will discuss "The Last Mile: Getting Healthcare to the Places that Need it Most". The Committee on Global Thought (CGT) Lunchtime Seminars are a forum for Columbia University faculty and visiting scholars to present current research characterizing and assessing issues of global importance. No registration is required. Light lunch will be available.

Contact Information

Carolyn Marino
212-851-7293