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 seven faculty members each in the Medical History Division and in the Bioethics Division.
Upcoming Events
- February 13, Colloquium
- March 12: Colloquium
- April 2: Colloquium
- April 9: Colloquium
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David Rosner
Trials and Tribulations of a Historian in the Courtroom: The Case(s) of Lead Poisoned Children in Wisconsin and the Country
Trials and Tribulations of a Historian in the Courtroom: The Case(s) of Lead Poisoned Children in Wisconsin and the Country
Joshua Kundert
Fluid Technologies of World War II: Fuels, Oil and Everything in Between
Fluid Technologies of World War II: Fuels, Oil and Everything in Between
6102 at 4:00 p.m.
Robert E. Kohler
Wildlife Ecology: A Science of Working Landscapes
Wildlife Ecology: A Science of Working Landscapes
Angela Creager
Tracing radioisotopes through the Biomedical Complex, 1935-1955: From Gift Exchange to Commodification in the Atomic Age
Tracing radioisotopes through the Biomedical Complex, 1935-1955: From Gift Exchange to Commodification in the Atomic Age
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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Warwick Anderson is leaving UW-Madison for University of Sydney where he will be University Research Professor in the History Department and the Centre on Values, Ethics, and the Law in Medicine. We will miss Warwick's creative intellect.
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Featured Courses
- 275: Science, Medicine and Race: A History
- 526: Culture and Ethics of Body Modification
- 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.
Ethical & cultural dimensions of chemical, surgical & biological therapeutics & enhancements to the human body: prosthetics design & disability, neural implants & cognitive enhancements, sports enhancements, bioengineered medical devices, among others.
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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