October 18 — Joe Mamlin delivers this year’s Semler Lecture on Leadership
The purpose of the Semler Lecture on Leadership is to inspire leaders to give their time, talent and treasure, thus perpetuating the ideal of “service-in-action” exemplified by Jerry Semler … no one better to do this than Joe Mamlin, physician, internationalist, and humanitarian.
When: Talk 6:30-7:30 PM; Reception 7:30-8:30 PM
Where: University Place Conference Center and Hotel is located at 850 West Michigan St. on the IUPUI campus. The reception will be held in the University Place Conference Center and Hotel Ballroom; the lecture will be in the Auditorium. Parking is available in the hotel garage and the IUPUI North visitor’s garage located immediately east of University Place.
Seating is limited. Please call the Tobias Center at 317-278-2800 to make your reservation to attend. There is no charge for the reception or lecture
Joe Mamlin currently resides in Eldoret, Kenya where he wages a war against AIDS/HIV. Mamlin joined the IU faculty in 1968 and was named chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and chief of Medicine at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis. Under his leadership, IU’s primary care teaching mission became the largest and one of the most influential divisions of general internal medicine in the country. He spent several years in Afghanistan with his wife and children, treating patients under brutal conditions. There, he helped build the medical school in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Along with his Kenyan and IU colleagues, in 1989, he played a key role in founding the IU School of Medicine/Moi University program in Eldoret, Kenya, a partnership that promotes the values of the medical profession and fosters leaders in health for both the United States and Kenya through medical education, research and service.
After retiring from the IU School of Medicine faculty in 2000, he and his wife moved to the medical school’s exchange campus in Kenya, where he serves as IU Professor of Medicine and Field Director the IU-Kenya Partnership. Upon returning to Kenya in 2001, he witnessed the devastating results of the rapid acceleration of the AIDS epidemic and attacked the multiple problems presented by AIDS/HIV by establishing the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH), one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and most comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment programs. This model is a groundbreaking neighborhood-centered healthcare program and is one of the first to use a systems-based approach that addresses food and income needs through large-scale, sustainable farming. It also uses micro-enterprise and model programs to address the needs of orphans and vulnerable affected children. It treats more than 40,000 Kenyans afflicted with HIV/AIDS and feeds more than 30,000 people, including patients and their families. Getting affordable drugs to Africa has been a top priority in the world’s fight against AIDS. The effectiveness of the drugs has been undermined by other problems in the sub-Saharan area. Along with having the world’s highest rate of HIV/AIDS , Africa also has the world’s highest rate of hunger. Healthcare workers found that even when drugs were available, hunger and malnutrition impeded their effectiveness, thus undercutting the multibillion-dollar investments by organizations and governments working hard to obtain and distribute drugs. Ampath teaches modern, sustainable farming techniques to thousands of recovering patients so they are able grow their own food, thus ensuring good nutrition and steady income for patients and their families.
“Instead of just focusing on one aspect of the epidemic, Ampath has developed a whole ecosystem of response,” says Warren Buckingham, Kenya coordinator for President Bush’s international Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which provided about $11 million to Ampath last year. “He has touched souls in Afghanistan, Indianapolis and Kenya. He has provided us all with hope that we can make a difference,” said Dr. William Tierney, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, who directs research for the IU–Kenya Program.
If this sounds interesting, check out … Joe Mamlin’s talk at Butler October 23. Mamlin’s program in Kenya celebrates with a gala October 13. Contrast Mamlin’s struggle against AIDS in Africa with Ryan White’s mom’s struggle in the US November 13, and walk/ride to support AIDS treatment in Indiana October 14.
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