Section of the History of Medicine

If MAGA, the overarching movement to which MAHA now belongs, represents the triumph of the faction of the electorate alienated from this country’s elite and institutions, then MAHA similarly is a vehicle for all manner of disaffected people, from the crunchy to the paranoid to the chronically ill, who have been searching for a charismatic outsider to launch an assault against the powerful forces that have kept Americans unhealthy for so long.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promoted anti-vaccine material and been called a "science denialist," may take a health role in his administration if Trump is elected to a second term. YSPH Associate Professor Dr. Jason Schwartz provides insight into what's happening.

Amber Khan, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, and Michelle Conroy, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, are first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice that discusses implementation of a novel historically-informed health justice curriculum in the geriatric psychiatry fellowship program at Yale School of Medicine.

The U.S. vaccine policy landscape is broader and changing more rapidly than at any point in its modern history, and those guiding it face a complex set of challenges to its continued success, YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz says in this article in Health Affairs.

New COVID-19 vaccines are now available at local pharmacies, health clinics, major retail outlets, and medical offices. Shots for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are also widely available, as is the latest updated flu vaccine. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz discusses this year's vaccines and why it is important to get vaccinated.

The Section of the History of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine invites applications for the Elias E. Manuelidis Memorial Fund Research Grant. This is a program, open to all Yale undergraduate and graduate students in any school, to support research in the history of medicine with an emphasis on issues of discrimination and social justice. Application submission deadline is October 12, 2024.

The annual award was announced at the American Association for the History of Medicine Conference in May.

The Infectious Disease Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism Committee (ID2EA) was formed in March 2020 as a joint effort by faculty from the Yale Section of Infectious Diseases, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, and faculty in Yale School of Medicine’s Section of the History of Medicine. ID2EA aims to take a multi-pronged approach towards incorporating a focus on equity and antiracism into the education and professional development initiatives within the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Infectious Diseases.

The Elias E. Manuelidis Lecture in the History of Medicine Monday, February 5th 4:30 PM The Medical Historical Library, 333 Cedar Street