The Program for Humanities in Medicine

"I write this piece not to have every person who has ever lost someone to try to diagnose themselves with PTSD. I write this piece to call attention to the fact my generation is experiencing a collective trauma on a national (arguably, international) scale that has already had, and will continue to have, significant consequences for our psycho-social and emotional development."

The medical humanities—which includes the humanities, social sciences, and visual and performing arts—is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding medicine and health.

Thomas Duffy, MD, professor emeritus of medicine (hematology) at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, served as director of the Hematology Fellowship Program for Yale Cancer Center for over a decade.

Four years ago, images of women were practically non-existent in the most widely used public spaces at Yale School of Medicine. Today, the school's wall reflect its community.

Murmur's Spring 2022 Volume, In the Waiting, is published.

A virtual celebration of poetry, prose, and art, which Yale MD, physician assistant (PA) online, physician associate, nursing, and public health students created, took place on May 5, at the annual Program for Humanities in Medicine (PHM) Health Professions Students' Creative Medical Writing & Art Contest.

Mary G. McCrea Curnen, MD, PhD, who played a central role in the creation of Yale School of Medicine’s Program for Humanities in Medicine (PHM), passed away on September 29, 2021, at age 98.

Creative Medical Writing and Art Contest.

Unity in Solitude is the theme for the upcoming edition of Murmurs, the creative journal of Yale’s health profession students.