The Global Health Institute Presents:
Vulnerable cross border populations in the context of limited access to care & resources; ethics and epidemiology
With Guest Speaker
Elizabeth A. Pettit, MD
Physician and Executive Director
Clinica Integral Almas, Sierra Madre of Alamos, Mexico
Dr. Pettit will present specific examples of active applications of the Clinic’s work with health care promoters in the Makurawe community of the Sierra of Alamos and have a conversation about appropriate technology applied to health systems in vulnerable communities, while analyzing both ethics and the design triangle (excellent, efficient, or inexpensive ) and it’s impact to improve, sustain, and restore health, while minimizing the negative implications on climate/environment. We will also, question opportunities to restore and integrate the existing resources and policies of health care that could leverage benefits for the communities overall well-being and for current and future generations.
Elizabeth A. Pettit MD is a physician and the Executive Medical Director of Clínica Integral Almas that is centered in Sierra Madre of Álamos, Mexico, an NGO accompanying remote Indigenous, migrant and refugee communities promoting agency, education, systems for health, development and vitality. Dr. Pettit previously had a full career as an international designer in the field of appropriate technology, the arts, architecture, and the entertainment industry. She is a MIT media lab directors fellow, professor of Rural Global Health, published in the arts and heath care, and consults in the creative application of science, sustainability and leadership, integrating skill sharing for health care promoters and applied technology in rural settings.
In collaboration with Global Health programs, the Global Health Speaker Series presents students, alumni, faculty and guest speakers showcasing the multidisciplinary aspects of global health work and research.
