Critical Global Health Studies
New “For the Medical Record” Mini-Episode with Bharat Venkat
In this mini episode, Richard and Mia talk to Bharat Venkat, a professor of anthropology at UCLA, about the research he presented at the Johns Hopkins Program in the History of Science, Medicine & Technology’s colloquium series and his upcoming book project, “Swelter: A History of Our Bodies in a Warming World.” Related links for […]
Find the Midwife Project Launch
Join us as we use documentary film to connect midwifery’s past and today’s maternal health crisis. You are invited to join us for project launch events on Tuesday, April 9th across two Baltimore campuses. 12pm – Homewood Campus – Clipper Room, Shriver Hall 3pm – East Baltimore Campus – Room N431, School of Nursing, with […]
CFP: New Perspectives in the History of Child Health
**2024 Workshop and Special Issue: Call for Proposals** Call for paper proposals for an international workshop on child health history hosted at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on June 21-22, 2024. There is support available for travel and lodging. The workshop is sponsored by: The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the University of Fribourg In […]
Making Space for Social Medicine in Medical School Curricula: Transnational Perspectives and Pedagogy
Title: Making Space for Social Medicine in Medical School Curricula: Transnational Perspectives and Pedagogy What: Online Global Social Medicine Workshop When: June 1-2, 2022 For more info: https://globalsocialmedicine.org/online-workshop-making-space-for-social-medicine-inn-medical-school-curricula-transnational-perspectives-and-pedagogy/ Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-social-medicine-network-online-workshop-tickets-319707332237 Focus: Illness and healing can never fully be separated from social context. Yet while medical education around the world has legible standards for bioscientific subject […]
30th Anniversary of “Seize Control of the FDA”
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sommer Hall In collaboration with the Office of Public Health Practice and Training A webcast on October 11, 2018 from 4-5:30 p.m. Introduction: Joshua M. Sharfstein, MDVice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement Professor of the Practice Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Panel: A Landmark […]
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Lessons for the Future
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sheldon Hall In collaboration with Berman Institute of Bioethics
Advocacy and Action: Supporting the Needs of Our Immigrant Neighbors
School of Nursing, Room 320 In collaboration with SOURCE and the Program in Racism, Immigration, & Citizenship
Indigenous Environments & the Anthropocene
(click for more details) Title: Indigenous Environments & the Anthropocene What: a symposium and roundtable discussion Who: Featuring Candis Calison of University of British Columbia, Timothy Neale of Alfred Deakin Institute, & Zoe Todd of Carleton University When: Monday, April 8, 2019 Where: 3rd Floor, Welch Library Building, 1900 East Monument Street, 21205
Sawyer Seminar
The Sawyer Seminar Series on Precision and Uncertainty in A World of Data has a new website! Visit https://worldsofdata.org for updated information on their upcoming events. Sawyer Seminar: Precision and Uncertainty in a World of Data The Departments of Anthropology and the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine will […]
Global Health, Justice, & Activism
Featuring Dr. Gregg Gonsalves & Dr. Alexandre White Fourth iteration of speaker series – Epidemic//Endemic: Medical Humanities & Social Medicine 2020-21 Zoom Webinar Registration For more information on the series, see below. The COVID-19 epidemic has starkly illuminated a series of structural forces in health and society that produce endemic disparities. As a result, older […]