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The History of Medicine

Founded in 1929, we are the oldest academic department of the History of Medicine in the English-speaking world. We are dedicated to scholarship on the histories of medicine, disease, the health sciences, and their relationships to society.

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Pandemic Responses - History of Medicine Faculty

Radio/podcasts

March 31, 2020, Jeremy Greene, "The COVID-19 Curve, Low Wage Workers, Corona Comedy: Amy Silverberg," Take Two, KPCC 89.3

March 27, 2020, Jeremy Greene & Graham Mooney, "COVID-19...

Ayah Nuriddin first Humanities scholar inducted into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honors Society, Johns Hopkins chapter

Ayah Nuriddin with advisors Nathaniel Comfort and Nathan Connolly as she is inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honors Society.

On May 10, 2019, Graduate student scholar Ayah Nuriddin was inducted into the Johns Hopkins innaugural class of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honors Society. Named for the first African American in the United States to receive a PhD, the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society seeks to develop a network of pre-...

Online CME Modules in the History of Medicine

The Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins is proud to introduce new online CME modules that provide a historical perspective on issues of relevance to clinical practice today. Our first module, which launched in January 2018, explores the social, political, and economic forces that continue to shape the dynamic boundaries of the medical profession. Medical professionalism is...