What defines a difficult patient? Could you be defined as a difficult patient? Dr. Yolanda Wilson, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Howard University and current National Humanities Center fellow, utilized these questions to facilitate discussion on the meaning of … Read more

Health Humanities 2020: Narrative and Counternarrative July 8-11, 2020 at Hiram College Professors Emily Waples and Erin Gentry Lamb invite applications for this year’s Hiarm Summer Seminar: “Health Humanities 2020: Narrative and Coutnernarrative,” to be held on the campus of … Read more

Lorena Millo, a HHIVE alumna and current UNC medical student, recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. “The Cost of Applying to Medical School–A Barrier to Diversifying the Profession” appeared in the October 17, 2019 issue and … Read more

Dr. Danielle Ofri’s Grand Rounds: Medical Error in Modern Medicine It is human to err. This saying is commonplace, echoed in education and work, in our many interactions. The human experience is defined by error, yet we as humans continue … Read more

Near the beginning of her career, Marion Quirici was struck by the “impossibility of survival with dignity for people with disabilities under neoliberalism.” As the co-director of the Health Humanities Lab at Duke University, Quirici studies the lived experience of … Read more

So what did you do last summer? For Paul Blom, PhD student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, this question opens up a discussion on health, representation, art, human connection and so much more. On October 2nd, Blom … Read more

Three HHIVE members/alumni have been awarded Article of the Year by the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ARSTM) for 2019! Jennifer Edwell, Sarah Singer, and Jordynn Jack won this award for their article titled “Healing Arts: … Read more