Institute Scholars and Practitioner in Residence (INSPIRE)

Justine Hardy (October 1-5, 2012)
Justine Hardy has been a journalist for twenty-four years, many of those spent covering South Asia. She is the author of six books on the region. After the earthquake in Kashmir in October 2005, Hardy worked with a local NGO in Kashmir rebuilding homes, schools, and medical centers in some of the worst affected areas, as well as moving into conflict mediation. Having completed her training in conflict trauma therapy, she founded Healing Kashmir in 2008, an integrated mental health project addressing the debilitating mental health situation in the region.

Izzeldin Abuelaish (December 4-7, 2012)
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian medical doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia Refugee Camp. Abuelaish has been an important figure in Israeli-Palestinian relations for many years, working in Israeli hospitals, treating Israeli and Palestinian patients, and fully believing that health is an engine for the journey to peace. In January 2009, his three daughters were killed during an Israeli incursion into Gaza. He continues to live up to the description bestowed upon him by an Israeli colleague: a magical, secret bridge between Israelis and Palestinians. Abuelaish is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He is the author of I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey and established the Daughters for Life Foundation.

“Emerging pandemics and disease transmission”

October 20, 2012 • Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicince

Convened by Saul Tzipori, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sci- ences, Agnes Varis Professor in Science and Society and Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University