What is Paul Farmer?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Paul Farmer | image = Paul Farmer giving MacLean Prize Lecture in 2017 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Farmer in 2017 | birth_name = Paul Edward Farmer | birth_date = {{birth date|1959|10|26}} | birth_place = [[North Adams, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|21|1959|10|26}} | death_place = [[Burera District|Butaro]], [[Rwanda]] | field = {{Plainlist| * [[Internal medicine]] * [[Infectious disease]] * [[Medical anthropology]] }} | work_institution = [[Harvard University]] | education = [[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]], [[PhD]]) | prizes = {{Plainlist| * [[Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize]] * [[MacArthur Genius Grant]] * [[Public Welfare Medal]] * [[Heinz Award]] in the Human Condition * [[Berggruen Prize]] }} | website = {{Plainlist| * {{URL|https://pih.org/}} * {{URL|http://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/person/faculty/paul-farmer}} * {{URL|http://www.lessonsfromhaiti.org/}} }} | footnotes = }} '''Paul Edward Farmer''' (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American [[medical anthropology|medical anthropologist]] and physician. He was a professor at [[Harvard University]] and the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at [[Harvard Medical School]]. Farmer was the co-founder and chief strategist of [[Partners In Health]] (PIH). He was professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at [[Brigham and Women’s Hospital]]. Farmer died in his sleep from a [[heart attack]] in [[Burera District|Butaro]], [[Rwanda]] on February 21, 2022, at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-boston-paul-farmer-e8667c588b0e9c8f035c4684ffb036cf|title = Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62|work = [[Associated Press]]|last1 = LeBlanc|first1 = Steve|last2 = Coto|first2 =