Applied Medical History

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Upcoming Meetings

There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.

Past Meetings

  • April 21, 2023

    Podcasting Applied Medical History
    This session brings together scholars who have succeeded in creating broader conversations about the history of medicine and the social, racial, and economic determinants of health through the medium of podcasting.
     
    Confirmed Panelists:
    Matthew Smith (University of Strathclyde): Producer/Host, "History in Action" Podcast
    Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA): Producer/Host, "Flip the Script" Podcast
    Jacqueline Wolf (Ohio University): Producer/Host "Lifespan: Stories of Illness, Accident and Recovery" Podcast
  • March 17, 2023

    Teaching Under Adversity
    This session will explore the challenges of teaching critical topics in the history of medicine in unreceptive, unsupportive, or unfriendly contexts, and the ways people have tried to navigate these challenges.
     
    Confirmed panelists:
    Adam Biggs (Rutgers University; University of South Carolina Lancaster)
    Joseph Gabriel (Florida State University)
    Courtney Thompson (Mississippi State University)
  • February 17, 2023

    Community History without Historians: a New Haven Case Study
  • January 20, 2023

    Reproductive Justice
     
  • December 16, 2022

    Teaching History of Medicine to Future and Current Medical Professionals
     
  • November 18, 2022

    Emerging Priorities in Applied Medical History
    In this panel discussion, current and former Nursing/MD-PhD students will reflect on their professional trajectories, consider the relationship between health care practice, research, and teaching, and discuss emerging priorities in Applied Medical History.
    Confirmed panelists are:
    Ravenne Aponte
    Sydney Green
    Marco Ramos
     
  • October 21, 2022

    ‘Applied Medical History:’ Taking Stock
    In this session, we will look back at scholarship that has been particularly influential to 'Applied Medical History.' In a panel discussion, we will hear from pioneers doing translational social sciences and humanities research as well as activist work in the field of healthcare and health policy. This will be followed by general discussion and questions.
    Confirmed panelists are:
    Prof. Jacalyn Duffin
    Prof. Julie A. Fairman
    Prof. Helena B. Hansen
    Prof. Beatrix Hoffman
    The (optional) readings provided offer snippets of each panelist's voluminous work; we encourage you to explore more of their scholarship on their respective websites.
    We look forward to hopefully seeing you there!
     
     
  • September 16, 2022

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Group Conveners

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    Lisa Haushofer

    Lisa Haushofer, MD PhD, is a medical doctor and a historian of food, science, and medicine. She is currently Senior Research Associate at the Chair for the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich. She holds an MD from Witten-Herdecke University, an MA from University College London, and a PhD from Harvard University. Her first book, Wonder Foods: The Science and Commerce of Nutrition was published with California University Press in December 2022.

     
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    Kirsten Moore-Sheeley

    Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Program in the History of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She received her PhD in the History of Medicine in 2018 from Johns Hopkins University along with a Certificate in Global Health from the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has published some of her research in Social History of Medicine is currently completing her first book, Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects, under contract with JHU Press.

     
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    Marco Ramos

    Marco Ramos, MD PhD, is a Psychiatry Resident and Lecturer in the History of Medicine at Yale University. His historical research focuses on mental health, activism, and revolutionary politics in Latin America. His writing has appeared in clinical, academic, and popular journals, including The American Historical Review, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet, and Boston Review. He is currently working on turning his dissertation into a book, tentatively titled Specters of Justice: Mental Health and Terror in Cold War Argentina. He will start as Assistant Professor in the Program for the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University in July 2022.

     
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    Carolyn Roberts

    Carolyn Roberts, PhD, is a historian of medicine and science at Yale University. She holds a joint appointment in the departments of History/History of Science and Medicine, and African American Studies. Dr. Roberts also holds a secondary appointment at Yale School of Medicine in the Program in the History of Medicine. Her research interests concern the history of race, science, and medicine in the context of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade. Dr. Roberts is currently working on a book manuscript, To Heal and To Harm: Medicine, Healthcare, and Slave Trading in the British Atlantic World, which is under contract with Harvard University Press. She is also a popular workshop leader and speaker who brings critical historical perspectives to anti-racism interventions in science, medicine, and public health. Dr. Roberts has contributed to institutional efforts to diversify STEM, including anti-racist pedagogy and curricula with a variety of corporations, non-profit organizations, and institutions.

     

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