Speaker(s): Anne Allison, Sinan Antoon, Elizabeth Davis, Robert Desjarlais, Harry Harootunian, Ranjana Khanna, Reza Negarestani (by Skype), Adam Rosenblatt, and Annabel Wharton Description We will consider, in the conference, the corpse anthropologically, theoretically, and through the visual and literary arts to engage it as an object of serious inquiry. What does thinking with the corpse enable? … Read more
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The term “neurodiversity,” first popularized by the autism community, challenges the pathologization of neurological deviation from socially constructed notions of “neurotypicality.” Another branch of “neurodiversity” discourse challenges the abstraction of the ideas of “mind” and “mental” states, using tools of empirical neuroscience to dismantle binary divides between “brainhood” and “embodiment.” Psychiatry now grapples with the implicit Western cultural … Read more
https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/Oct-30-K-Workshop.pdf Join this two-part workshop focused on preparing and submitting proposals for K awards through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The workshop is designed so that participants have time to work on appropriate parts of their own proposals during the sessions. You will have the opportunity to receive feedback from your peers and from the workshop leader. Much of what will … Read more
Bullitt History of Medicine Club Lecture: James H. Jones, Distinguished Alumni Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Arkansas
Thursday, November 1: Rubenstein Library, RM 153 5PM: Exhibit tour With curators Sean Swanick and Rachel Ingold 5:30PM: Keynote lecture Cristina Alvarez Millán of the UNED (Madrid), "Arabic Medicine in the World of Classical Islam: Growth & Achievement" Reception to follow Friday, November 2: Rubenstein Library, RM 249 10AM-2PM Symposium featuring: Eliza Glaze … Read more
Healthcare costs continue to rise, with cancer leading the way. As patients face growing treatment-related financial burden, clinicians should consider their role in this predicament. Should we stay in our lane, and just treat the patient with the best care possible? Or should we discuss with our patients the cost of every test and drug? … Read more
Larissa Calancie, PhD CHER Post Doctoral Fellow The Center for Health Equity Research's (CHER) Work In Progress Meetings are a monthly presentation series that allows CHER Post-Doctoral Fellows and Associates to present their research to a community of scholars and peers to gather constructive feedback and generate investigative conversation. https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/wp-content/uploads/sites/462/2018/10/CEGR_Flier.pdf
Join distinguished professors and activists for an open discussion on the causes and consequences of the political crisis affecting Nicaragua. Learn about the human rights violations, social development setbacks, and healthcare implications of the political instability affecting millions. Moderated by Andrea Prego, a fellow UNC student and Nicaraguan immigrant, and will be featuring the following … Read more
