Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights
FXB Center
Director of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
FXB Center
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Mary T. Bassett is the Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, as well as the FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. With more than 30 years of experience in public health, Dr. Mary Travis Bassett has dedicated her career to advancing health equity. Prior to her directorship at the FXB Center, Dr. Bassett served for four years as commissioner of Health for New York City. As commissioner, she worked to ensure that every New York City neighborhood supported the health of its residents, with the goal of closing gaps in population health across the city.
Originally from New York City, Dr. Bassett lived in Zimbabwe for nearly 20 years. Previously, she was the Program Director for the African Health Initiative and the Child Well-being Program at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She received her B.A. in History and Science from Harvard University and her M.D. from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. She served her medical residency at Harlem Hospital Center, and has a master's degree in Public Health from the University of Washington, where she was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.
Shiman LJ, Freeman K, Bedell J, Bassett MT.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 Sep-Oct 01. 27(5):442-448. PMID: 32956297
Feldman JM, Bassett MT.
Am J Public Health. 2021 07. 111(S2):S69-S72. PMID: 34314217
Gilman M, Bassett MT.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 09. 69(9):2442-2444. PMID: 33991424
Gilman M, Bassett MT.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 09. 69(9):2440-2442. PMID: 33991426
Woolhandler S, Himmelstein DU, Ahmed S, Bailey Z, Bassett MT, Bird M, Bor J, Bor D, Carrasquillo O, Chowkwanyun M, Dickman SL, Fisher S, Gaffney A, Galea S, Gottfried RN, Grumbach K, Guyatt G, Hansen H, Landrigan PJ, Lighty M, McKee M, McCormick D, McGregor A, Mirza R, Morris JE, Mukherjee JS, Nestle M, Prine L, Saadi A, Schiff D, Shapiro M, Tesema L, Venkataramani A.
Lancet. 2021 02 20. 397(10275):705-753. PMID: 33581802
Richardson ET, Malik MM, Darity WA, Mullen AK, Morse ME, Malik M, Maybank A, Bassett MT, Farmer PE, Worden L, Jones JH.
Soc Sci Med. 2021 05. 276:113741. PMID: 33640157
Bassett MT, Chen JT, Krieger N.
PLoS Med. 2021 Feb. 18(2):e1003541. PMID: 33539382
Tangcharoensathien V, Bassett MT, Meng Q, Mills A.
BMJ. 2021 01 22. 372:n83. PMID: 33483336
Bailey ZD, Feldman JM, Bassett MT.
N Engl J Med. 2021 02 25. 384(8):768-773. PMID: 33326717
Bassett MT, Chen JT, Krieger N.
PLoS Med. 2020 10. 17(10):e1003402. PMID: 33079941
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