Medical History and Bioethics
The Department of Medical History and Bioethics
dates back to 1950, when the University of Wisconsin Medical School created a Department of the History of Medicine, the second department of its kind in the country.The Program in Medical Ethics has been an integral part of the department since its founding in 1973.
Renamed in 2002, the department now comprises sixteen faculty members.
Upcoming Events
- September 21-23: Alliant Energy Center, Madison WI
- October 13: Medieval Studies Brown Bag
- October 21: Colloquium
- October 27, 2008: Public lecture
- December 2: Colloquium
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World Stem Cell Summit
The event includes the founding visionary researchers, clinicians, key policy-makers and others in the field of regenerative medicine.
The event includes the founding visionary researchers, clinicians, key policy-makers and others in the field of regenerative medicine.
Walton Schalick
On the One Hand; On the Other Hand: Laterality in the Middle Ages
On the One Hand; On the Other Hand: Laterality in the Middle Ages
Janet Browne
"I Wonder What a Chimpanzee Would Say to This?": Commemorating Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
"I Wonder What a Chimpanzee Would Say to This?": Commemorating Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species
Walton Schalick
" Through a Mirror Darkly: Children with Disabilities in American Policy, 1912-1965"
" Through a Mirror Darkly: Children with Disabilities in American Policy, 1912-1965"
Jane Maienschein
Regenerative Medicine and Society: Translation, Transplantation, and Stem Cells in Historical Context
Regenerative Medicine and Society: Translation, Transplantation, and Stem Cells in Historical Context
News
- January 2008: Susan E. Lederer joins the UW-Madison faculty as chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics.
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- Walton Schalick joins the UW-Madison faculty in fall 2007 as assistant professor of medical history, orthopedics & rehabilitation, history of science, and pediatrics. We are very pleased to welcome Walt to our department.
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September 2008:
Walt Schalick and Monica Green (ASU) have received a grant from the NEH for "Disease and Disability in the Middle Ages," a summer seminar in London based at the Wellcome.
Walt Schalick and Julie Anderson (Manchester) have inaugurated a monograph series through Manchester University Press: Disability History: A Series. Submissions are welcome.
Featured Courses
- 275: Science, Medicine and Race: A History
- 668: Fat and Thin: Making American Bodies
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A survey of race & ethnicity since the 18th century: development of racial theories of sickness & health in social & political context, medical salience of race in the setting of slavery & colonialism. Focus on North America and Europe, but also global settings.
Surveys the search for the healthy body in American society in the 19th & 20th centuries: the changing American food supply & the rise of "fast foods," dietary regimens & dieting, medicine & nutrition science, bariatric surgery, the efforts to create "magic bullets" for weight loss.
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