Farquhar, John W. (Jack)

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Abstract: John W. “Jack” Farquhar is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Research and Policy, and the first holder of the C. F. Rehnborg Professorship in Disease Prevention at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is well-known for his work in disease prevention and global health research. This series of interviews begins with Dr. Farquhar’s early family life and education and the important events in his life that led him to pursue the study of medicine and the prevention of heart disease. He discusses how WWII impacted his life and how his interest in science, world events, educational opportunities, and other factors shaped the choices he made. He talks about his passion for his work and how his research helped to bring disease prevention to new heights both at Stanford and throughout the world. He recalls his experience being mentored and mentoring many leaders in the field of heart disease prevention. He shares his observations on the growth of the Stanford School of Medicine from a small under-recognized school to a world-class institution, and he relates his concern that heart disease prevention sustain its research and funding within the competitive research environment at Stanford.

Type of resource	mixed material
Date created	July 16, 2014 - August 6, 2014

Author	Farquhar, John W. (Jack)
Contributing author	Berra, Kathy
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society

Subject	John W. Farquhar
Subject	Stanford Historical Society
Subject	oral histories
Subject	interviews
Subject	higher education
Subject	professors
Subject	heart disease
Subject	heart disease > prevention
Subject	heart disease > women
Subject	lipemia
Subject	insulin resistance
Subject	community trials
Subject	disease prevention
Subject	Nathan Maccoby
Subject	Stanford University > Be Well Program
Subject	Stanford University > School of Medicine
Subject	Stanford University > Stanford Five-City Project
Subject	Stanford University > Health Improvement Program
Subject	Stanford University > Stanford Prevention Research Center > Heart Disease Prevention Program
Subject	Stanford University > Stanford Three-Community Study
Subject	worksite health promotion programs

Related item	Title Finding Aid
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/zb736mw3032

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Preferred Citation: John W. Farquhar (2014),
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews (SC0932). Department of Special
Collections & University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zb736mw3032

Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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