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| Internships
and Residencies |
| 1992-1993 Intern in
Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston |
| 1993-1994 Junior
Assistant Resident, Internal
Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston |
| 1994-1996 Senior
Assistant Resident, Internal
Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston |
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| Clinical
and Research Fellowships
|
| 1992-1996 Research
Resident, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston |
| 1992-1994
Post-doctoral MacArthur Fellow,
Harvard Center for Population
and Development
Studies |
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| Licensure and
Certification: |
| 1993 Independent
Practice License, Province of
Ontario |
| 1996 Medical
License, Commonwealth Board of
Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts |
| 1996 American Board
of Internal Medicine Certifying
Examinations (August 21-22):
passed. |
| 1996 Canadian
College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Fellowship Examinations
in Internal Medicine (September
4-5) passed. |
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| Current
Employment: |
| 1997-present Team
Director, Health Equity Program,
The Rockefeller Foundation |
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| Academic
Appointments: |
| 1995-present
Assistant Professor,
International Health Economics,
Harvard School of Public Health |
| 1996-present
Attending Physician, Department
of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham
and Women's Hospital |
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| Awards and
Honors: |
| 1986-1987 Canadian
International Development Agency
Scholarship, Canada |
| 1984-1988 Rhodes
Scholarship, University of
Oxford, UK |
| 1992-1994 MacArthur
Fellowship, Harvard School of
Public Health |
| 1994 International
Exchange of Experts in
Rehabilitation Fellowship |
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| Major
Committee Assignments:
|
| International
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| 1994-present
Co-Chair, Sensory, Perception and
Communication Task Force of the
North American WHO Collaborating
Center for the revision of the International
Classification of Impairments,
Disabilities, and Handicaps |
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| Medical
School |
| 1990-1991 President,
Student International Health
Committee, McMaster University |
| 1989-present
Associate, Centre for
International Health, McMaster
University |
| |
| Hospital |
| 1994-1995
Coordinator, Evidence-based
Medicine Journal Club, Brigham
and Women's
Hospital |
| 1996-present
Preceptor, Evidence-based
Medicine for Primary Care
Residency at
Brigham and Women's Hospital. |
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| Memberships,
Offices, and Committee
Assignments in Professional
Societies: |
| 1989 Royal
Commonwealth Society for the
Blind, UK. |
| 1993-present Society
and Health Working Group, Harvard
School of Public Health |
| 1996-present
Co-Chair, Global Strategies to
Reduce Inequities in Health
Initiative |
| |
| Research
Interests: |
| 1. |
Broader
Determinants of Health |
| 2. |
Measurement
of Health Status |
| 3. |
Equity
in Health |
| 4. |
Measurements
of Disability and
Handicap |
| 5. |
Priorities
in Health Research and
Health Policy |
| 6. |
Assessing
Impact of Chronic
Diseases |
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| Research Funding:
|
| Past
|
| 1986-1988 PI: Royal
Commonwealth Society for the
Blind Ivermectin Distribution
Study |
| 1986-1988 PI: Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation
Consequences of Onchocerciasis in West
Africa |
| 1993-1994 PI: Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation Study
of the Burden of Trachomatous
Blindness |
| 1993-1994 Co-PI:
International Exchange of Experts
in Rehabilitation; Bangladesh
Rural Advancement Committee:
Removing Barriers to Participation in BRAC
Poverty Alleviation Programs |
| |
| Current |
| 1996 Co-PI: Sida:
Global Initiative on Health
Equity |
| 1995 PI: Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation.
Setting research and policy
priorities in Health |
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| Self Report of
Teaching: |
| Teaching
Responsibilities at Harvard
School of Public Health |
| 1995-1997
Introduction to the Practice of
International Health, Assistant Professor
(lecturer), 65 MPH and doctoral
students, 4 hours/week for 1
semester |
| 1996-1997
Measurement of Health Status in
Developing Countries Assistant
Professor (lecturer), 45 MPH and doctoral
students, 4 hours/week for 1
semester |
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| Advisory
and Supervisory Responsibilities
|
| 1995-1997 Supervise
students in MPH and D.Sc.
program, Harvard School of Public
Health |
| 1995-1997 Supervise
Bell Fellows, Harvard Center for
Population and Development
Studies |
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| Publications:
|
| Original
Reports |
| 1. |
Evans
TG, Murray CJL. A
critical re-examination
of the economics of
blindness prevention
under the Onchocerciasis
Control Programme. Social
Science and Medicine.
1987; 25 (3): 241-249. |
| 2. |
Evans
TG. The Socioeconomic
consequences of human
disease on subsistence
agriculture: the case of
onchocerciasis in West
Africa. Unpublished Dphil
thesis. 1989. |
| 3. |
Evans
TG. The impact of
permanent disability on
rural households: river
blindness in Guinea. IDS
Bulletin 1989; 20
(2): 41-48. |
| 4. |
Evans
TG, Adams AM. AIDS: a
household perspective. SHAIR
International Forum
1990; November. |
| 5. |
Evans
TG, Kanoto M. Thailand's
massage parlours: the
challenge of preventing
an epidemic. SHAIR
International Forum
1990; November. |
| 6. |
Scott
I, Evans TG, Cash R.
Unpacking the black box.
Working Paper for the
BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint
Project on linkages
between socioeconomic
development and health in
Matlab, Bangladesh, 1993. |
| 7. |
Evans
TG, Ranson MK. An
assessment of
trachomatous visual
impairment and its
control. Unpublished
document sent to the Edna
McConnell Clark
Foundation; 1994. |
| 8. |
Evans
TG. Socioeconomic
consequences of blinding
onchocerciasis in West
Africa. Bulletin of
the World Health
Organization 1995;
73(4): 495-506. |
| 9. |
Ranson
MK, Evans TG. The global
burden of trachomatous
visual impairment:
assessing prevalence. International
Ophthalmology 1996;
19(5): 261-270. |
| 10. |
Evans
TG, Ranson MK. The global
burden of trachomatous
visual impairment:
assessing burden. International
Ophthalmology 1995;
19(5): 271-280. |
| 11. |
Evans
TG, Ranson MK. The
cost-effectiveness and
cost-utility of
preventing trachomatous
visual impairment:
lessons from thirty years
of trachoma control in
Burma. British Journal
of Ophthalmology
1996; 30: 1-10. |
| 12. |
Evans
TG, Rafi M, Adams MK,
Farnsworth J, Chowdhury
AMR. Barriers to
accessing poverty
alleviation programs in
Bangladesh. Harvard
Center for Population and
Development Studies
Working Paper 1996. |
| 13. |
Adams
AM, Evans TG, Scott I,
Chowdhury AMR, Bhuiya A.
Iterative problem-based
research: exploring broad
determinants of health:
submitted to Social
Science and Medicine
1996. |
| 14. |
Adams
AM, Evans TG, Mohammed R,
Farnsworth J.
Socioeconomic
Stratification by Wealth
Ranking: is it valid? World
Development 1997; 25
(7): 1165-1172. |
| 15. |
Evans
TG, Adams AM, Mohammed R,
Norris AH. Demystifying
non-participation in
micro-credit: A
population-based
analysis: submitted to World
Development 1998. |
| 16. |
Yach
D, Shov Jensen M, Norris
A, and Evans T, Promoting
Equity in Health, International
Journal of Health
Promotion and Education,
1998, vol. V/2, 7-13. |
| 17. |
Evans
T and Norris A, Towards
Policy for Equity in
Health: Principles and
Practice, prepared for
the Health Systems Trust
meeting "Measuring
the Move Toward Equity in
Health and Health
Care", Durban, South
Africa, 4-7 June 1998. |
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| Educationally
Relevant Publications
|
| 1. |
Evans
TG. Training Manual for
the International
Classification of
Impairments,
Disabilities, and
Handicaps. National
Center for Health
Statistics, 1994. |
| 2. |
Thylefors
B, Evans TG, Ranson, MK.
The global burden of
blindness. In: Murray
CJL, Lopez A, eds.
Attributable Risk and the
Global Burden of Disease
(in press). |
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