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2006/2007 History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
Kerr L. White Website Grand Opening
Podcast of the Kerr L. White Website Grand Opening
Please join us for the Grand Opening of the Kerr White Health Care Collection Web Site (http://historical.hsl.virginia.edu/kerr/) and Reception in honor of DR. KERR L. WHITE Remarks by Dr. Kerr L. White, Dr. Robert E. Reynolds, Acting Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences in the UVa School of Medicine, and members of the Library’s Web site team.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
KERR L. WHITE
Described as "perhaps the most influential figure in the field of
health services research, " Dr. White has been widely recognized for
his lifetime contribution to primary care and health services
research.
Kerr White Grand Opening Announcement [68K PDF]
Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship
Podcast of Art Beltrone's "Vietnam Graffiti" Lecture
An abandoned troopship that took
soldiers to three wars, including Vietnam, was found loaded with
historic relics in Virginia’s James River Reserve Fleet by military
artifact historian Art Beltrone of Keswick. The relics, including
graffiti- inscribed bunk canvases, provide a personal look at the
mindset and emotions of young men going to war. Logs kept by the ship’s
master, or captain, described the myriad of accidents that plagued
sailors and soldiers alike during the voyage aboard the ship, which was
more than two football fields in length. Some of these wounds were
treated in the ship’s operating room.
Before, during and after the presentation, a selection of
graffiti-inscribed canvases found aboard the ship will be available for
viewing and further discussion. Copies of the book Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship will also be available.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
5:00 to 6:00 p.m
ART BELTRONE
Military Artifact Historian and Author, with Lee Beltrone, of Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship (Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 2004)
Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship Flyer [64KB PDF]
The History of Geriatric Medicine
Podcast of Mark Williams's "The History of Geriatric Medicine"
The presentation will review the care of elderly people throughout history, from ancient times to the present, and will emphasize cross cultural comparisons.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
MARK E. WILLIAMS, M.D.
Ward K. Ensminger Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care University of Virginia School of Medicine.
History of Geriatric Medicine [60KB PDF]
Women in Medicine: The Successes and Challenges of the 21st Century
Dr. Vivian Pinn was the only African American and the only woman in her
class to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in
1967. She was the first African American woman to chair an academic
pathology department in the United States, and she was the first
full-time Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the
NIH.
Dr. Pinn’s presentation will be the keynote address for the opening of
the “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women
Physicians”exhibit on display in the Health Sciences Library March
2-April 13, 2007.
This presentation will be held in the Jordon Hall Conference Center
Auditorium. Reception to follow in the Health Sciences Library.
Friday, March 2, 2007
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
VIVIAN PINN, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
What Can a Patient-Oriented History of Diabetes Teach Us about Medical Decision-making?
What if many --or even most --medical decisions are made by decision-making processes that differ substantially from standard notions of weighing risks and benefits of treatment options? Drawing on a remarkable archive of letters that people with diabetes wrote over the course of decades to their physicians, the talk will examine how patients and doctors made decisions as this disease was transformed from an acutely lethal condition before the discover of insulin to a chronic and still too-often debilitating malady.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
CHRIS FEUDTNER, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director of Research & Attending Physician PACT (Palliative Care Team) & Integrated Care Service (ICS) General Pediatrics Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Author of Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003)
Dr. Chris Feudtner: Lecture Flyer[55KB PDF]
<The Agony of Hope: The Decision to Put David Vetter into the Bubble
Podcast of James H. Jones's "The Agony of Hope: The Decision to Put David Vetter into the Bubble"
David Vetter, who was known to the world as "David the 'Bubble Boy'' was born with a rare genetic disease called Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID). He lived all but a few days of his short life (1971-1984) in an isolator, trapped behind sheets of plastic, confined within a tiny space, untouched by human hands and unable to touch others in return.The presentation will examine the decision to place David in the isolator literally seconds after he was born, and will pay careful attention to the ethical issues that are raised by David's case, which from beginning to end blurred the lines between treatment and research.
The Eleventh Annual Kenneth R. Crispell Memorial History Lecture
Kenneth R. Crispell, M.D. (12 April 1988)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
THE 11th ANNUAL KENNETH R. CRISPELL MEMORIAL HISTORY LECTURE
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
JAMES H. JONES, Ph.D.
Alumni Distinguished Professor, Emeritus University of Arkansas