[bioundgrd] Fwd: Lecture by Dr. Tenley Albright: From Olympic Figure Skating to Tackling National Healthcare Issues

[Janice Chang]

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The MIT Sidney Pacific / Presidential Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series presents:

>From Olympic Figure Skating to Tackling National Healthcare Issues
Dr. Tenley Albright
Director, MIT Collaborative Initiatives; Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Wednesday May 6
6 PM (refreshments), 6:30 PM (lecture)
MIT Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence (70 Pacific Street, Cambridge. Map: https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=NW86)
Mark Multipurpose Room (Ground Floor)

RSVP required: http://goo.gl/forms/bclx5PQRSQ

In this talk, Dr. Tenley Albright will discuss her path from winning an Olympic Gold Medal to leading the new MIT Collaborative Initiatives. She will lead a discussion to engage students in an open-format about challenges in healthcare and how we can find approaches to tackle this issues effectively.


She is a faculty member of general surgery at Harvard Medical School, Director of MIT Collaborative Initiatives, and a board member of the Bloomberg Philanthropies and Research!America. She was appointed as a delegate to the World Health Assembly and served on the NIH Women's Health Initiative. Earlier, she was a Gold Medal Olympic Figure Skater.

The MIT Presidential Fellows/Sidney Pacific Distinguished Lecture Series hosts leading thinkers at Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence, MIT's largest graduate community. Lectures are open to the public and intended for a general MIT graduate student audience. There will be a lottery-based dinner with the speaker and hosted by the Associate Housemasters for up to 35 lecture attendees, immediately following the lecture.


Wen Jie Ong and Georgia Lagoudas
Co-Chairs, Committee on Scholarly Interactions (CoSI)
Sidney Pacific Graduate Residence
sp-cosi-chair at mit.edu<mailto:sp-cosi-chair at mit.edu>

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