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Join us for the 2025-2026 Heberden Society history of medicine lecture series! All lectures are free and open to the public, though Zoom registration is required in advance.
November 12, 2025 | 1 PM EST
“Roaming Around the City:” Tuberculosis, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Disease in 20th Century New York City
John A. Gutiérrez, PhD
Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American and Latinx Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY
This is a hybrid lecture, co-sponsored by the David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium. Onsite attendance is available in the Belfer Research Building (413 East 69th Street), 2nd Floor, Rooms B & C. Virtual attendance is available on Zoom (passcode 844704).
February 3, 2026 | 5 PM EST
Unmasking the Placebo Man: How the Secrets and Lies of Henry Knowles Beecher Shaped His Research
Dien Ho, PhD
Professor of Philosophy and Healthcare Ethics, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
This is a hybrid lecture co-sponsored by the Division of Medical Ethics. Onsite attendance is available in A-126 (1300 York Avenue.) Virtual attendance registration is available here.
MARCH 4, 2026 | 5 PM EST
Hygienic Dispossession: Land Theft and Public Health in Cherokee and Choctaw Nations, 1917
Juliet Larkin-Gilmore, PhD
Assistant Professor of History, Health Humanities, and Race & Ethnic Studies, Penn State, Abington College
This is a virtual lecture. Virtual attendance registration is available here.
APRIL 8, 2026 | 5 PM EST
When the Walls Came Down: The Interrelationships between Nursing, Race, and Medicine at New York’s Lincoln School for Nurses, 1898–1961
Ashley Graham-Pperel, EdD, RN, NPD-BC, MEDSURGE-BC, CNE, FADLN, FAAN
Director, Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing
This is a hybrid lecture co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine. Virtual attendance registration is available here.
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