The Center for the History of Medicine was founded in 1990 and is a unit of the University of Michigan Medical School. The Center’s mission is to conduct original research on the history of medicine; promote dialogue on issues related to health and society in university, medical, and lay communities; and to preserve and make accessible materials related to the history of medicine, biomedical research, public health, nursing, and medical and hospital administration.

The CHM works with various university units on programs and projects, including:

• Science, Technology and Society Program
  
  
• In 2000, we took part in creating the Sesquicentennial Time Line and Exhibits, a digital repository of the rich history of the University of Michigan Medical School and Hospitals from 1850 to the present.
  
  
• The CHM partners with the Bentley Historical Library on many projects including the Center for the History of Medicine Oral History Project.
  
  
• The CHM is a key content provider to Medicine at Michigan

CHM News!

Dr. Stern interviewed by California Public Radio. The California Report: Removing Goethe's Name (December 31, 2007)

Dr. Markel wins the Theodore Woodward Award of the American Clinical and Climatological Association for 2007

Dr. Stern wins Thornbrough Award for best article in the Indiana Magazine of History for We Cannot Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear - Eugenics in the Hoosier Heartland.

Dr. Stern featured in week-long Indiana Public Radio series on Eugenics

Dr. Markel in New York Times

Dr. Markel's op ed in Washington Post

Dr. Stern in San Francisco Chronicle

Dr. Markel now a JAMA Contributing Writer

Center mentors California high school students who win California History Day and second place at National History Day for their project on the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic