Ninth Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night Part I

Please join us for Part I of our Ninth Annual History of Medicine Night taking place at the Academy on Thursday, March 15, 2018. This special evening of short talks will address current issues of health, medicine and gender.

Due to the number of quality submissions received, a second evening of presentations, History of Medicine Night II will take place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 and we do hope that you will be able to join us for that one as well.

Chief Medical Officer, NYS Office of Mental Health

Adjunct Professor, Columbia/Mailman School of Public Health

Medical Editor for Mental Health, The Huffington Post

“A Brief History of Opioid Use and Abuse in America”

Stephen Yablon Architecture PLLC

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
"Building Health: The History and Future of New York City’s District Health Centers"

Assistant Professor

Department of History, University of Delaware

“Living Sound: The Hearing Aid Industry’s Madison Avenue Approach to Public Health, 1940s-1960s”

PhD Candidate

Department of the History of Science, Harvard University

“Wrinkles in Time: Old Age, Gender, and Dermatology Research in the Twentieth -Century United States”