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Medical Humanities Lecture: “Translational Humanities for Public Health"

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Humanities Research Institute
Date
Oct 28, 2020   4:00 pm  
Speaker
Kirsten Ostherr, PhD and MPH, English and Medical Humanities, Rice University
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Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH, (English and Medical Humanities, Rice University) will present the Medical Humanities Lecture “Translational Humanities for Public Health.”

The importance of the Medical Humanities has never been more apparent than it is during the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has shown that human connection, social bonds, and creative expression play a powerful role in shaping our health outcomes, as do the legacies of historical injustices, societal inequality, and cultures of discrimination. Medical Humanities exposes these patterns in our health and illness experiences, while also offering new pathways to intervene and improve the well-being of our communities.

In this talk, Professor Ostherr will discuss the ways that Medical/Health Humanities can develop translational practices that bring novel insights and methods to frontline pandemic responses, highlighting the importance of collaboration across fields of scholarship and practice, particularly across humanities, engineering, and clinical practice.

This lecture will be held on Zoom. Registration is required.

Supported by the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and Humanities, the Medical Humanities Research Cluster and the good offices of Dr. Dan Shin, Class of 1991.

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