History of Medicine lecture series

The US National Library of Medicine announces its History of Medicine Lecture Series for 2018, kicking off on January 29th. Lectures are held at 11am on the National Institutes of Health campus, and are free, but to insure adequate space attendees are requested to register for the lectures. If you can't make it in person, the lectures are also live-streamed, and archived for later watching. Lectures include:

• Theresa MacPhail, PhD, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Evolution of Viral Networks: H1N1, Ebola, and Zika;

• A Conversation about Graphic Medicine, a special program in conjunction with Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn, a new NLM special display, traveling banner exhibition, and online exhibition launching soon;

• Trevor Owens, Head of Digital Content Management, Library of Congress, Scientists' Hard Drives, Databases, and Blogs: Preservation Intent and Source Criticism in the Digital History of Science, Technology and Medicine;

• Heidi Morefield, MSc, 2017 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow in the History of Medicine, Doctoral student, Department of the History of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Transplanting Technology: Dr. Michael DeBakey and Cold War Technology Transfer;

• David S. Jones, MD, PhD, A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University, Making the Case for History in Medical Education

For more information on the lecture series, check out NLM's announcement here.