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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:
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CHM News!
New! Dr. Markel discussed WHO's alert level 6 for A/H1N1 on ABC World News with Charles Gibson. Watch his interview here.
New! Dr. Markel and the New York Times collaborated on a chart detailing nine significant disease outbreaks and epidemics in the U.S. since 1892.
New! Drs. Markel and Stern interviewed extensively during the A/H1N1 outbreak. Read their interviews here.
Samuel Shem, MD, physician and author (House of God and The Spirit of the Place), gave the Ninth Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities. Noon - 1:00 pm, Tuesday, April 7, 2009, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Conference Center. A book-signing and reception will follow.
Dr. Stern was a guest blogger for Biotech and Beyond. This blog is part of the ScienceBlogs network, the largest online community dedicated to global dialog on a wide array of scientific subjects.
Drs. Markel and Stern’s influenza research cited by the United Nations and World Bank as one of the most insightful retrospective studies published in the last year. Read the U.N./World Bank's Fourth Annual Progress Report on Responses to Avian Influenza and Pandemic here.
Dr. Markel on ABCNews.com
Drs. Stern and Markel's article Influenza Pandemic in The Hastings Center's: From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns
Dr. Markel elected to the Institute of Medicine (details)
Listen to Dr. Markel on NPR's All Things Considered - How Healthy Are The Candidates?
Dr. Markel interviewed by Michigan Public Radio. Assessing the Health of Presidents (June 3, 2008)
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 |
