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Jill Fisher Awarded Grant from the Greenwall Foundation.
Dr. Fisher was awarded a grant from the Greenwall Foundation to develop an ethical framework for implementing oral food challenges in allergy clinical practice.
Message From The Chair
The Department of Social Medicine promotes teaching, research, and service that addresses the social dimensions of health, illness, and medical care. With faculty trained in the humanities, social sciences, and clinical medicine, Social Medicine is unique among medical school departments in its disciplinary breadth and scope. The department is committed to conducting collaborative and boundary-pushing research; mobilizing concepts and methods from the social sciences and humanities to strengthen and transform medical education; and championing the needs and interests of the communities with which we work.
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Recent News
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Rebecca Walker Publishes New Book
Dr. Walker鈥檚 new book, Of Mice and Primates (Oxford University Press 2025), reorients our moral concern about animal research, and offers a moral theory focused on what actually happens in research settings.
5 months ago
Buchbinder Selected as Chair of Social Medicine
Mara Buchbinder, PhD, has been named chair of the department of social medicine. Dr. Buchbinder, who currently serves as the department鈥檚 vice chair, will assume the role on Feb. 1, 2025. In addition to her role, Dr. Buchbinder is professor of social medicine and adjunct professor of anthropology at 黑料网, as well as a core …
5 months ago
Necochea Selected as a Recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalureate Instruction
Ra煤l Necochea, School of Medicine Dr. Necochea brings an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to teaching, particularly in the integration of humanities, social sciences, and medicine. His work with Latin American students to promote global health equity and his leadership of an oral history project documenting the experiences of the first African American School of Medicine …