Harvard medical professor Eugene Richardson received his MD from Cornell and his PhD in anthropology from Stanford. He served as clinical lead for Partners in Health’s Ebola response in the Kono District of Sierra Leone, and he is an advisor to the Africa CDC on Covid-19 response on the continent. He is a specialist in biosocial approaches to epidemic disease and serves as chair of the Lancet Commission on Reparations and Restorative Justice. He is the author of Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Public Health.
Interview
Epidemic Illusions: A Conversation on the Coloniality of Global Public Health
Recording Date: March 24, 2021
Interviewer: Maxine Burkett, Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law.
Event Sponsors: Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and the William S. Richardson School of Law. Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Learning Coalition, Unbound Philanthropy