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May 30, 2023 · The 2023 Radcliffe Medal recipient Ophelia Dahl is often described as an optimist. At Radcliffe Day on May 26, she confirmed it, and said that her refusal to accept that she cannot change things has driven her life’s work. “I took a leap of faith,” said Dahl of her 18-year-old self, who went to Haiti to volunteer and met some of the ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Ophelia Dahl, a human rights and social justice advocate who co-founded the international public health nonprofit Partners In Health, will receive the 2023 Radcliffe Medal on May 26, the highest honor of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In a news release announcing the award this morning, Radcliffe dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin cited Dahl ...
Apr 17, 2024 · By John Green. April 17, 2024 6:54 AM EDT. O phelia Dahl believes that a person’s lack of access to health care is caused by failures of human-built systems—and because these systems are built ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Photo by Sarah Bastille for PIH. Partners In Health Co-founder Ophelia Dahl has been named to TIME’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world, highlighting her leadership, advocacy, and impact in global health and beyond. Each year, the TIME100 list recognizes the impact, innovation, and achievement of the world’s most ...
Ophelia graduated from Wellesley College in 1994 and recently became a Trustee. She is a Director’s Fellow at MIT’s Media Lab and Vice President of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. She also co-directs her late father’s literary estate.
Ophelia Dahl co-founded Partners In Health, a global health non-profit dedicated to delivering high-quality care to the poor. PIH’s history, from its origins in Haiti’s rural Central Plateau, where Dahl met PIH co-founder Paul Farmer over thirty years ago, through its expansion to ten countries on four continents and a global movement for the human right to health, was captured in the ...
May 22, 2023 · Ophelia Dahl, then executive director of Partners In Health, during the earthquake response in Haiti in 2010. Photo by Ron Haviv. PIH Co-Founder and lifelong social justice advocate Ophelia Dahl has received the Radcliffe Medal, a Harvard University honor that recognizes individuals who have had a transformative impact on society.
