Archive: Media and Scholarship
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“David Pickel “Malarial Landscapes in Roman Italy: A View from Poggio Gramignano (Lugnano in Teverina, Umbria)”
Dr. David Pickel explores the entangled relationship between humans, the environment, and malaria, showcasing the interpretative utility of archaeological remains for studying disease transmission in antiquity. His presentation argues for the need to ground larger narratives in local histories.
Category: Scholarship
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Art, Humor, and Gender in the Second World War Plastic Surgery Ward
Dr. Christine Slobogin (CAS ‘16) is a health humanities scholar who uses art and visual culture as a way to understand ethics, emotion, medicine, and gender. She was an Art History and English doubl
Categories: Past events, Scholarship
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“Core Faculty Member, Dr. Emily Mendenhall, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship”
Our very own Dr. Emily Mendenhall has been selected as a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient for her work in medical anthropology and public health.
Category: Scholarship
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Medical Humanities and Global Medieval Studies Workshop: Millennium Epidemics
Join us for the Millennium Epidemics Workshop in April
Categories: Announcements, Scholarship
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan Featured in Nautilus Magazine Article “Are We Doctors or Data Workers?”
Michael Denham explores the impact of electronic health records (EHR) on physician professional identity and physician-patient relationships in this Nautilus Magazine article, citing Dr. Lakshmi Kris
Category: Media
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan is a Guest Speaker in Episode 70 of Dr. Adam Rodman’s Bedside Rounds Podcast: “A Doctor’s Work”
Dr. Adam Rodman invites Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Michael Neuss onto his podcast series, Bedside Rounds, to discuss their latest article "Virtuosic craft or clerical labour: the rise of the electr
Category: Media
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“Virtuosic Craft or Clerical Labour: the Rise of the Electronic Health Record and Challenges to Physicians’ Professional Identity (1950-2022)”
In this article, Lakshmi Krishnan and Michael Neuss tackle the debate around the electronic health record (EHR), by following key moments in the history of the early computer-based patient record from the late 1950s to the EHR of the present day.
Category: Scholarship
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Ella Castanier Received a Penner Research Award
Ella Castanier (COL’24) received a Penner Family Experiences Award, which provides undergraduate students experiential learning opportunities.
Category: Media
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“A Pilot Study to Understand the Role of Medical Humanities in Medical Education”
Clark Pitcher, Arya Prasad, Daniel Marchalik, Hunter Groninger, Lakshmi Krishnan and Michael Pottash study the perception of the students enrolled in the Georgetown University Medical Humanities Initiative of the benefits of a medical humanities curriculum.
Category: Scholarship
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James Giordano Featured on CNN Special Report on “Immaculate Concussion, The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome”
On “Immaculate Concussion, The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome”, Dr. James Giordano explains the science and technology potentially behind the Havana syndrome, based on his research on bioweapons.
Category: Media