Committee on Human Rights Committee on Human Rights
The National Academies
The National Academies
Home

About Us

Membership

International Human Rights Network

 
Quick Links

For members of the NAS, NAE, IOM, and International Human Rights Network:

Forgot your username?
Your username is most often your firstname.lastname, example john.smith. Once you have your username you should be able to recover your password if you have enrolled. Please contact us at chr@nas.edu if you need assistance.

Help us support the rights
of scientists, engineers,
and health professionals

GIVE TO CHR

 

Contact Us
Committee on Human Rights
National Academy of Sciences
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 334-3043
Fax: (202) 334-2225
Email: chr@nas.edu

Felton Earls, CHR Member

Felton Earls is a Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Human Behavior and Development at the Harvard School of Public Health.  He is currently Principal Investigator of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Dr. Earls is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of Physicians for Human Rights and the executive committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies.  Dr. Earls received an MD from Howard University School of Medicine in 1967 and did post-graduate training in neurophysiology at the University of Wisconsin and New York Medical College.  He went on to study adult psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  Dr. Earls is the recipient of the Distinguished Psychiatrist Award, the Blanch F. Ittelson Award from the American Psychiatric Association, and the Dale Richmond Award from the Academy of Pediatrics.