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The Department of Health Behavior is excited to be hosting a talk by HIV/AIDS researcher and HB alumnus Derrick Matthews, PhD

Derrick D. Matthews, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. His research focuses on the disproportionate burden the HIV epidemic has on Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the US. His … Read more

Documentary: “Clinica de Migrantes”

Free screening! All are welcome!Synopsis: (from Third Party Films productions) “Clinica de Migrantes is a medical drama about a year in the life of Puentes, one of the only health clinics in the US involved in the politically controversial practice of providing health care to undocumented migrants. By law, illegal immigrants cannot obtain health insurance, … Read more

Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Dr. Dorita S. Berger “Music and Brain Plasticity: A Look at Music Therapy”

Dorita S. Berger, PhD, MT-BC, LCAT is a sensorimotor music therapist and autism specialist as well as a Research Affiliate and Supervisor for various music-based investigations in Dr. Flavio Frohlich’s Neuroscience Lab. She is the 2017 recipient of an American Music Therapy Association Award of Merit for her contributions to the field of Music-Based Treatment. … Read more

Molecular Death and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriations in the US and Canada

The UNC American Indian Center is presenting Dr. Kim TallBear (Native Studies, Univ. of Alberta) speaking on Molecular Death and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriations in the US and Canada, on Thursday, November 2, at 4:00 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Room of Wilson Library. Dr. TallBear’s presentation is the 9th annual Michael D. Green Lecture … Read more

“Begin Cutting: Education by Knife” discussion with Dr. Raj Telhan

Dr. Telhan will be discussing his article “Begin Cutting: Education by Knife.” Attendants are asked to read the short article in advance: http://www.vqronline.org/memoir-articles/2015/10/begin-cutting. HHIVE Lab Health and Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration

Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Dr. Jessica Barnhill

Health Sciences Library

  “A Recipe for Success: Hotspotting, Integrative Health and the Quadruple Aim”   Wednesday, January 24 3:30-4:40pm Health Sciences Library, Room 527   Light refreshments provided! Jessica Barnhill is a postdoctoral fellow in the Program on Integrative Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research interests draw on her clinical … Read more

Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series: African Americans in Civil War Medicine

Duke Hospital Lecture Hall 2003

                   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