The Center for the History of Medicine is now part of a larger unit, the U-M Center for Center for History, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in Medicine (CHHASSM).  CHHASSM is pleased to announce its inaugural public-facing event on Tuesday March 18th, 5:30-7pm in Kahn Auditorium, BSRB, with a reception to follow. The event – Read more

Please join us for the Society for the History and Philosophy of Medicine’s next session, where Dr. Laura Hirshbein will give her talk “ECT in Historical Perspective: From Desperate Measures to Interventional Psychiatry (Without Changing the Procedure).”  Dr. Hirshbein is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she specializes in Read more

After more than three decades of service to the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Markel has retired as of December 31, 2023.  One of the nation’s leading historians of medicine, Dr. Markel has written numerous books, published hundreds of articles, and received dozens of awards.  He served as a chief historical consultant on pandemic Read more