Health and Humanities Lab at UNC Chapel Hill

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Antimicrobial Resistance Efforts & How We’re Helping

Last year, Dr. Kym Weed, a co-director of HHIVE, joined a Global Convening Program funded by The British Academy to examine current approaches to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This interdisciplinary team, known as the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, … Read more
Professor Thrailkill Explores Literary and Cultural Relevance of James Siblings

Henry James, regarded as one of the most prolific writers of the English language, contributed much to the literary world with novels such as The Portrait of a Lady (1881), Bostinians (1886) and The Ambassadors (1903). His works often centered … Read more
Global Health Humanities: UNC’s Leadership Partnership with Universität Tübingen

During the summer, HHIVE Lab’s Dr. Kym Weed and Dr. Jordynn Jack had the opportunity to travel to Tübingen, Germany as part of a UNC Global Partnership award, a program run by UNC Global to establish and encourage international rapport … Read more
Research Communication Summer Internship

Are you looking for research communication experience? The UNC Office of Research Communications is hiring students for a paid summer internship program. There will be two writing and/or multimedia intern positions available to produce content for Endeavors, the university’s research … Read more

Health Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration

We are a group of researchers dedicated to linking the humanities and health sciences through student-centered research projects, innovative curricula, and public engagement. Our mission is to help prepare the next generation to think across disciplines, consult their values and passions, and tackle real-world problems to create meaningful social change.

Admissions for the English M.A. concentration in Literature, Medicine, and Culture are open every fall. In this interdisciplinary program, students can focus on Global Health; Medicine and the Arts; Constructions of Illness; Narrative Medicine; Race, Justice, and Health. Courses can be taken in departments across the university, including social medicine, occupational therapy, anthropology, and English.