Cambridge Health Alliance honors David Williams

Pictured from left: Jim Braude, host of Greater Boston on WGBH, CHA Foundation President Mary Cassesso, Cambridge Health Alliance CEO Patrick Wardell, Robin Young, co-host of NPR affiliate WBUR’s Here & Now, David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and Reginald Tucker-Seeley, assistant professor at Harvard Chan School.

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) honored David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with its annual Art of Healing Award on Thursday, May 4, 2017. According to CHA, the award celebrates visionary men and women who transcend boundaries, joyfully embrace humanity, and profoundly inspire the healing of body and spirit. “Like Dr. Williams, CHA is passionate about breaking down barriers to good health,” said Mary Cassesso, President of the CHA Foundation and Chief Community Officer. “His findings help to guide CHA’s mission to provide all our patients and community members, especially those with complex needs and diverse backgrounds, with the care they need and deserve.”

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