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Duke/UNC Collaborative Speakers Series

Trent History of Medicine Society and Bullitt History of Medicine Club

The Trent Society (Duke) and the Bullitt Club (UNC-Chapel Hill) will alternately host history of medicine speakers.
    When
    Second Tuesday of each month during the academic year unless otherwise indicated (see schedule below) Papers will begin at 6:00 pm. A light buffet supper will be available from 5:30 pm.
    Where
    Duke Trent Society - History of Medicine Reading Room (102), Medical Center Library, Duke University
    UNC Bullitt Club - Conference Room, 5th floor, UNC Health Sciences Library

2010-2011

September 14, 2010 - Duke
Dan Blazer, MD, MPH, PhD
J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vice Chair for Education & Academic Affairs, Duke University
Major Depression and the Death of Social Psychiatry

Dr. Blazer's lecture is available online!

Note: Due to file size, this lecture is divided into 12 minute sections, each approximately 100MB. Please be patient as files load.

October 19, 2010 - UNC
Dr. Brian Owen-Smith, MA, FRCP, MRCS, DSpMed(SRC), DHMSA, DPMSA
Emeritus Consultant Rheumatologist & Honorary Clinical Investigator in Obstetrics, St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex
Benjamin Franklin and Medicine
November 9, 2010 - Duke
Ruby L. Wilson, EdD, RN, FAAN
Dean Emerita, Duke University School of Nursing
Selected Reminiscences at Duke University Medical Center, 1955-1984

Ruby Wilson's lecture is available online!

Note: Due to file size, this lecture is divided into 10 minute sections, each approximately 40MB. Please be patient as files load.

December 7, 2010 - UNC
William S. Meyer, MSW, BCD
Associate Clinical Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn, Duke University Medical Center
On the Diagnosis and "Treatment" of Homosexuality: When Prejudice Masquerades As Science
January 11, 2011 - Duke
P. Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, University of Virginia
The Federal Government's Efforts to Racially Integrate Hospitals under Medicare, 1963-1967
February 1, 2011 - UNC
Samuel K. Roberts, MA, PhD
Associate Professor of History, Columbia University & Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation
March 8, 2011 - Duke
Barbara Newborg, MD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Duke University
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Florence Nash, MA
Retired Editor and Writer, Duke Medical Center
Walter Kempner and the Rice Diet: Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Nash
Newborg
April 5, 2011 - UNC
Jeffrey P. Baker, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, History of Medicine Program, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Duke University
The Historical Context of the Autism Epidemic
2009-2010 Speakers