In the 1980s, Americans grappled like never before with dementia, and specifically with Alzheimer’s Disease. This talk will return to this era with a historian’s eyes, asking specifically why families, and women in families, were viewed as the indispensable deliverers … Read more
Today, more than 1 in 3 Americans live in a state where abortion is severely restricted. Despite abortion being a defining characteristic of the American political landscape for the last 50 years, the perceived contentiousness of abortion has largely precluded … Read more
Vaccination and Its Historical Discontents: The Long-Term View on Skepticism and ‘Personal Belief Exemptions’ A Merrimon Lecture Cosponsored with the UNC Center for Bioethics Speaker: Elena Conis, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkely For more information, … Read more
On the Importance of History to Medicine, with Chinese Medicine as Exemplary Case April 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Nicole Barnes Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, History, Duke University On the Importance of History to … Read more
Diabetes and the American Century February 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents Rick Mizelle Associate Professor of History, University of Houston. History of Chagas Disease: Science and Health in Brazil REGISTER for this event. Lecture Diabetes has played a key role … Read more
The Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine Boyarsky Series on Race & Health presents "Race and Reproduction: Eugenic Sterilization Revisited" by Johanna Schoen (Rutgers University) This talk will analyze the history of North Carolina's eugenic sterilization program … Read more
