Book club discussion with Dr. Craig Irvine (Columbia Univ.) Dr. Irvine, a narrative medicine philosopher, will facilitate a discussion on Black Bodies, White Gazes (by Dr. George Yancy). Register: https://www.med.unc.edu/aoe/event/aoe-summer-book-club-discussion-with-dr-craig-irvine/
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing Social Determinants of Health, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1:00-2:45pm on Wednesday June 30. Presenters will explore the complex relationships between where people live and work and their health. It shouldn’t take a pandemic: Social determinants of health … Read more
Howard Frumkin DrPH, MPH, MD Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington School of Public Health Dr. Frumkin is an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He will discuss the health impacts of the global climate crisis, as well as hope as a positive influence on human health and … Read more
Speakers: Martha Gershun, Writer, Consultant, Living Organ Donor Dr. John Lantos, Director, Bioethics Center Children’s Mercy Hospital In Kidneys to Share the authors describe the experience of donating experience a kidney to a stranger to illustrate the medical, financial, and psychosocial barriers that make it difficult to donate and that may exacerbate health disparities. Zoom … Read more
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Virtual Event Kidney to Share A Patient and Ethicist Offer Their Views on the Living Donor Process Zoom Webinar Passcode: 556286
Bullitt History of Medicine Club lectures, presented via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Lecture 1 Title: Mind-Body Medicine and Black Women’s Clubs in the Era of Jim Crow Speaker: Carrie Streeter Ph.D. Candidate, U.S. History, University of California San Diego Time: Monday, October 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada) Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zs8GsT6cTTSB-SKNVFMV8g Lecture information: When asked why Black … Read more
Please join the Bullitt History of Medicine Club for its November lecture: Title: History of Chagas Disease: Science and Health in Brazil Speaker: Simone Kropf Professor of History of Sciences and Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuFB5v3ZSoepiFQVfMjSaQ Lecture information: This lecture will explore the history of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), discovered by the physician Carlos Chagas in 1909 in a poor, rural area … Read more
As part of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s 2021-2022 Lecture Series on Race and Regulation, Dr. Jill A. Fisher, Professor of Social Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, will present “How Race and Social Inequalities Influence Healthy People’s Paid Participation in FDA-Required Clinical Trials” on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to … Read more
Alexander J. Langerman, M.D, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Langerman focuses on the intersection of ethics, data science, and management in the operating room, and he has faculty positions with Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering. Dr. Langerman holds a masters degree in clinical … Read more
Please join us virtually for our first Health Humanities Grand Rounds of the semester on Thursday, January 20th, at 4:00pm. This month's seminar will feature UNC School of Medicine's own Mara Buchbinder, PhD, who will be presenting key findings from her new book, Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America, about how the legalization of … Read more
