Please join Dr. Vikram Patel and Dr. S. Abbas Shobeiri for a fireside conversation inspired by this year’s World Mental Health Day theme, Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change. Together, they will explore trauma and healing, the importance of lived experience, and how storytelling and art can help us approach mental health differently.

5-6pm: Reception and guided tour of the Do You See Me exhibition

6-7pm: Fireside conversation with Dr. Shobeiri and Dr. Patel

Light refreshments will be served, and copies of Dr. Shobeiri's newest exhibition book, Do You See Me, will be available for purchase and signing. 

This event is co-sponsored by the HMS Center for Bioethics, the HMS Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and Countway Library

Dr. Vikram Patel is Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Dr. S. Abbas Shobeiri is Division Chief of Benign Gynecology and Director of the Pelvic Floor Program at Inova Health System

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We are committed to making this event accessible to all participants. The space is wheelchair accessible, microphones will be used for speakers, and assistive listening devices are available for use. Please reach out to countwayoutreach@hms.harvard.edu if you have any accessibility needs or questions.