Register here Lecture information: In the popular imagination, backwards and ignorant “medieval people” possessed no means of understanding or trying to combat the Black Death, the fourteenth-century outbreak of bubonic plague that ravaged Europe among other parts of the world. In fact, while medieval doctors lacked modern medical technologies and knowledge of disease pathology, they … Read more
CFAR-Wide Webinar: Engaging transgender women in HIV cohorts in the US: LITE and LITE+ Time Dr. Andrea Wirtz from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Tonia Poteat, PhD, PA-C, MPH, CHER core faculty, will discuss engaging transgender women in HIV cohorts in the US: LITE and LITE+ Register here!
Vikram Patel is The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. He co-leads the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard initiative. His work has focused on the burden of mental disorders, their association with social disadvantage, and the use of community resources for their prevention and treatment. He holds Honorary Professorships … Read more
Join the Bullitt History of Medicine Club to sample the work of three current UNC School of Medicine students as they present their research in lightning talks. The talks will be followed by a Q&A session. This session will be presented via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Time: April 13, 2021 12:00 PM in Eastern Time … Read more
Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America by The Association for the Study of Death and Society Mon, 19 April 2021 12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT Dr. Mara Buchbinder will present key findings from her new book about how the legalization of assisted dying is changing lives & deaths in the USA. … Read more
Lecture and Q&A with author, race theorist, and philosopher Dr. George Yancy (Emory Univ.) Register: https://www.med.unc.edu/aoe/event/aoe-book-club-lecture-qa-with-dr-george-yancy/\
Book club discussion with Dr. Craig Irvine (Columbia Univ.) Dr. Irvine, a narrative medicine philosopher, will facilitate a discussion on Black Bodies, White Gazes (by Dr. George Yancy). Register: https://www.med.unc.edu/aoe/event/aoe-summer-book-club-discussion-with-dr-craig-irvine/
Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Precision Medicine Approaches to Addressing Social Determinants of Health, a free virtual mini-symposium from 1:00-2:45pm on Wednesday June 30. Presenters will explore the complex relationships between where people live and work and their health. It shouldn’t take a pandemic: Social determinants of health … Read more
Howard Frumkin DrPH, MPH, MD Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington School of Public Health Dr. Frumkin is an internist, environmental and occupational medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He will discuss the health impacts of the global climate crisis, as well as hope as a positive influence on human health and … Read more
Speakers: Martha Gershun, Writer, Consultant, Living Organ Donor Dr. John Lantos, Director, Bioethics Center Children’s Mercy Hospital In Kidneys to Share the authors describe the experience of donating experience a kidney to a stranger to illustrate the medical, financial, and psychosocial barriers that make it difficult to donate and that may exacerbate health disparities. Zoom … Read more
