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Free Seminar Series
Fall 2016
The History and
Culture of Disease
and Healing
is a seminar-style course presented in collaboration with
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(UTHealth) School of Public Health, Rice University & the
University of Houston.
This course is a humanities course offered to professionals and students of
professions in the fields of medicine and health.
Seminar attendance will include registered students from above institutions and
professionals in public health related disciplines.
Seminar Topics Include:
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Screening on Trial: History and Controversy in Cancer Screening
Slavery, Human Trafficking and Social Justice
Unintended Consequences of the U.S. Global War on Drugs:
Public Health Concerns and Efforts to Control HIV/AIDS.
The Ethics of Biomedical Research: Case Studies
Sexuality and the Contours of Life After War
The Mobilization of American Doctors for the First World War
Cultural-Historical Perspectives on War and Humanitarianism
The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
Fragmented Beauties and the Humanities of Care
The Madwoman in the Attic: Medicine and the Sexed Body in Literature
The Figuration of Genetics From Text to Film
Body Curation: The Eerie Culture/s of Medical Museums
Course & Seminars Presented in Collaboration with:
Continuing Education (CME, CNE, CEUs) units are available at no cost for physicians,
nurses, social workers and other public health professionals that attend the Tuesday seminar
series. Individual seminar attendance allowed—NOT required to attend entire series.
Time & Location
Seminar Day & Time:
Tuesdays 7:00 PM -8:30 PM
Detailed schedule on back
Seminar Location:
The Health Museum
1515 Hermann Dr.
Houston, TX 77004
FREE PARKING
Use surface lot or parking garage
under the museum.
UTHealth
Course Instructors
Trudy Millard Krause, DrPH
George Delclos, MD, PhD
Sheryl McCurdy, PhD
Mary Ann Smith, PhD
Registration
UTHealth SPH Students can find more
information about PH5098 course at :
https://sph.uth.edu/academics/courseinformation/
Continuing Education seeking
professionals please call Michelle
McDaniel at 713-500-9447 or email
[email protected] for more
information.
The History and Culture of
Fall 2016
Topic
Speaker
Tues, Sept 6,
7:00-8:30 PM
Screening on Trial: History and
Controversy in Cancer
Screening
Helen K. Valier, Ph.D.
Director of the Medicine & Society Program
University of Houston
The Honors College
Tues, Sept 13,
7:00-8:30 PM
Slavery, Human Trafficking
and Social Justice
The unique collaborative format of this
seminar demonstrates shared
values between institutions of higher
learning and the professional/
academic training offered to
specialties.
Kerry Ward, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History Department
Rice University
Tues, Sept 20,
7:00-8:30 PM
Unintended Consequences of
the U.S. Global War on Drugs:
Public health concerns and
efforts to control HIV/AIDS.
Sheryl McCurdy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston School of Public Health
Continuing Education (CE)
Tues, Sept 27,
7:00-8:30 PM
The Ethics of Biomedical
Research: Case Studies
Paula Knudson
Special Advisor, Human Subjects Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston
Disease and Healing series of
lectures have been chosen for their
relevance to the relationships
between human history and culture
and the epidemiology and impact of
disease and the arts of healing.
For professionals seeking CE credits,
certificates can be provided at no cost
for attending individual or multiple
seminars.
George Delclos, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston School of Public Health
CME This Live series activity, The
History and Culture of Disease and
Healing, from 09/06/2016 - 11/29/2016,
has been reviewed and is acceptable for
credit by the American Academy of
Family Physicians. Physicians should
claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
CNE The University of Texas
Houston Health Science Center at
Houston School of Nursing is an
approved provider of continuing nursing
education by the Texas Nurses
Association - Approver, an accredited
approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation .
Tues, Oct 4,
7:00-8:30 PM
Sexuality and the Contours of
Life After War
Zoë H. Wool, Ph.D., MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Faculty Associate in the Center for the Study of
Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Rice University
Tues, Oct 11,
7:00-8:30 PM
The Mobilization of American
Doctors for the First World
War
James A. Schafer, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History
University of Houston
Tues, Oct 18,
7:00-8:30 PM
Cultural-Historical
Perspectives on War and
Humanitarianism
Jeff Reznick, Ph.D.
Chief, History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda, MD
Tues, Oct 25,
7:00-8:30 PM
The Atomic Bomb Casualty
Commission
Philip Lee Montgomery, MLIS, CA,
Head of the John P. McGovern Historical
Collections and Research Center
Texas Medical Center Library
Tues, Nov 1,
7:00-8:30 PM
Fragmented Beauties and the
Humanities of Care
Marcia Brennan, Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Professor of Art History
Rice University
Tues, Nov 8,
7:00-8:30 PM
The Madwoman in the Attic:
Medicine and the Sexed Body
in Literature
John Mulligan, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Humanities Research Center
Rice University
Tues, Nov 15,
7:00-8:30 PM
The Figuration of Genetics
From Text to Film
Judith Roof, Ph.D.
Professor of English
William Shakespeare Chair of English
Rice University
Tues, Nov 29,
7:00-8:30 PM
Body Curation: The Eerie
Culture/s of Medical Museums
Melissa Bailar, Ph.D.
Professor in the Practice of Humanities
Associate Director, Humanities Research Center
Rice University
CEUs The University of Houston
Graduate College of Social Work is an
approved provider of Continuing
Education Units by the Texas State
Board of Social Work Examiners.
For series; Up to 15 CEUs are available
for LMSWs and LCSWs. Up to 15 LMFT
and LPC CEUs are available upon
approval of licensing boards.
Certificate of attendance can be
provided for all other public health
professionals.
Sign-in at registration, full 90 minute
seminar attendance, and completion
of evaluations are required for attaining
contact hours.
We’d like to thank the following for
Continuing Education Support:
UTHealth School of Nursing
University of Houston
Graduate School of Social Work
The Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health
1200 Pressler Street | 10th Floor West | Houston, TX 77030
www.swcoeh.org