Events

                   Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine Professor of History and Medicine Duke University Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:00-1:00 pm Duke Hospital Lecture Hall 2003 Lunch provided at NOON Talk begins at 12:10 pm Lecture Hall 2003 is one floor directly above the main lobby of Duke … Read more

The UNC Department of Anthropology invites you to its Colloquium Event: Ezelle Sanford III – Doctoral Candidate, History of Science, Princeton University Abstract: Following a more than decade-long battle, in August of 1979 the Mayor of St. Louis, the Honorable James Conway, mandated the closure of the Homer G. Phillips Hospital. A relic of Jim … Read more

Megan Doerr, M.S., L.G.C. The All of Us Research Program, a keystone of the Precision Medicine Initiative, aims to assemble a cohort of one million or more people to accelerate research and improve health. Central to the program’s aims is ensuring that the cohort is representative of the diversity of those living in the United … Read more

José Amador, associate professor of global and intercultural Studies (Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies) at Miami University, will discuss his fascinating work on health rights and trans activism in Brazil. The discussion is the second installment of the Discovery and Inspiration: Conversations with Scholars series presented in partnership with the Chapel Hill Public Library. … Read more

How can we balance our duty to care for patients and families with our duty to protect others from violence? In this presentation, an interdisciplinary panel will explore the nature and scope of workplace violence in healthcare settings in the United States, as well as the institutional duty of health systems to prevent, recognize, and … Read more