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Person Place Thing featuring geriatrician and epidemiologist Dr. Linda Fried

Linda Fried
Columbia University
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https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/about/dean-linda-p-fried/biography

In describing her profession, the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health cites Adam Smith, the dean of private property: “He said the role of government is to create the public good that we can only create together, in which everybody gains but nobody profits. Dr. Fried discusses her person - Ed Eckenfels - her place - Illinois Aikido Club - her thing - Michelangelo’s Atlas Slave.