Drop by to compare what you’ve seen in the gross anatomy lab with historical representations of human anatomy over the centuries. Materials are drawn from holdings at the Wilson Special Collections Library. You don’t want to miss this fun and educational open house event. About the Bullitt History of Medicine Club The Bullitt History of … Read more
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds John C. Moskop, Ph.D. Wallace and Mona Wu Chair in Biomedical Ethics, Professor of Internal Medicine, and Chair of the WFBMC Clinical Ethics Committee This presentation will situate conflicts about end-of-life care within the broader context of the evolution of end-of-life care over the fifty-year history of American bioethics. The presentation … Read more
Bullitt History of Medicine Club lecture: Speaker: Xiaoping Fang, Assistant Professor of History, Nanyang Technological University, and Fellow, National Humanities Center This talk analyzes the dynamics between disease and social restructuring during the global cholera pandemic in Mao’s China between the three most radical political events of the 1960s: the Great Leap Forward, the Great … Read more
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Dr. Arthur Matas Professor of Surgery University of Minnesota As the former Director of Renal Transplant Services at his institution and a former President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Dr. Matas continues to be a leader in the field of transplant surgery. He has published extensively on clinical and … Read more
This conference is organized by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Health Histories in collaboration with the University of York, Duke Global Health Institute, and the Duke Decolonizing Global Health Working Group. https://sites.duke.edu/dukedgh/ Global health as we know it today – in our research, our practice, and our programming – is the newest configuration of what … Read more
A Video from the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series: Coronary artery disease is the leading global cause of mortality. Long recognized to be heritable, recent advances have started to unravel the genetic architecture of the disease. Genetic testing could enable precision-medicine approaches by identifying subgroups of patients who are at increased risk of coronary … Read more
University Libraries will host this talk by Rana A. Hogarth, assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The talk will celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Race Deconstructed Science and the Making of Difference.” Hogarth is the author of “Medicating Blackness Making Racial Difference in the Atlantic World, 1780-1840” (University of … Read more
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds presented by Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Social Medicine Dr. Oberlander is also a Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management at UNC. He is the editor of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. The topic will be "The Affordable Care Act at 10: Lessons, Legacies … Read more
Bullitt Club Lecture Series Presents: Speaker: Edward Iglesia, MD, MPH, Clinical Fellow in Allergy/Immunology, University of North Carolina Hospitals Lecture information: This lecture will review the recent history of food allergy prevention. This will include reviewing the epidemiology of food allergy, the clinical science data supporting infant allergenic food, and controversies regarding population-based recommendations for food … Read more
This symposium will bring together faculty, staff, students, and the community to highlight and encourage health equity research, promote collaboration and networking, and encourage strategic planning and partnerships at the UNC School of Medicine. We invite research abstract submissions from UNC faculty, staff, and students advancing health equity in our NC communities. If accepted, you … Read more
