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American Association for the History of Medicine
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The American Association for the History of Medicine promotes and encourages research, study, writing, and interest in the history of medicine. #histmed
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The AAHM, in conjunction with the AAHN @aahnhistnursing.bsky.social, is pleased to share details about our 2026 Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY.

Join us for what promises to be a dynamic gathering of scholars!

Learn more about our upcoming meeting here: histmed.org/buffalo-2026...
2026 Annual Meeting
American Association for the History of Medicine in conjunction with theAmerican Association for the History of Nursing   99th Annual Meeting   Buffalo, New YorkJune 3-7, 2026 Preliminary Program avai...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Excited to share that "Viruses and Reproductive Injustice" has been shortlisted for the 2026 William H. Welch Medal. Thank you to @aahmhistmed.bsky.social for this consideration and congratulations to the author Ilana Lowy!
2026 William H. Welch Medal Shortlist
William H. Welch Medal Shortlist The William H. Welch Medal is awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award. We are thrilled to celebrate the finalists for the 2026 Welch Medal!    […]
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February 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Two of our authors are shortlisted for the AAHM George Rosen Prize 🎉
February 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Congratulations to @bethlinker.bsky.social, whose book Slouch is shortlisted for @aahmhistmed.bsky.social's George Rosen Prize! Her work traces the surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in America, from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s “paleo posture”: hubs.ly/Q042mBX90
Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America by Beth Linker Beth Linker
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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The AAHM is pleased to share the 2026 shortlists for the George Rosen Prize and the William H. Welch Medal. View the complete shortlists on the AAHM website (www.histmed.org).

Congratulations to all the finalists on this significant achievement!
American Association for the History of Medicine
Founded in 1925, the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) is a professional association of historians, physicians, nurses, archivists, curators, librarians, and others. The AAHM pro...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Nominations for the Shryock Medal are open through February 15! Visit our website for information about essay guidelines as well as our past winners!
January 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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There's still time to get your materials in for some AAHM prizes! If you're an early career scholar, consider applying for the Pressman-Burroughs Early Career Development award by Jan 31: histmed.org/pressman-bur... #histmed
Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award
Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Development Award Jack D. Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career DevelopmentAward in 20th Century History of Medicine or Biomedical Sciences   This award honor...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Don't forget today's History of Medicine week event at 3 CT/4 ET - "Teaching as the University Burns: Practical Tips." Remember that this event is for AAHM members only. Registration links were emailed, but if you missed it, email Secretary Sarah H-C or Ed & Outreach Chair Scottie Buehler! #histmed
History of Medicine Week events schedule, October 6-10. Five events listed: Monday - Communicating Beyond the Academy panel and AIDS talk; Tuesday - Federal Regulations podcast and Graduate Degree workshop; Wednesday - Teaching tips session; Thursday - Immigration and Health discussion; Friday - Trans & Intersex Health talk. Visit histmed.org/history-of-medicine-week for details
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Starting today! Join us at 1 pm ET/12 pm CT for the first event of History of Medicine week! Registration links are in your email. Misplaced it? Didn't get it? Email us! histmed.org/history-of-m... #HistMedWeek #histmed
"History of Medicine Week events schedule, October 6-10. Five events listed: Monday - Communicating Beyond the Academy panel and AIDS talk; Tuesday - Federal Regulations podcast and Graduate Degree workshop; Wednesday - Teaching tips session; Thursday - Immigration and Health discussion; Friday - Trans & Intersex Health talk. Visit histmed.org/history-of-medicine-week for details."Retry
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Are you ready for History of Medicine week? Join us October 6-10 for a week of conversations & community building for anyone interested in the history of medicine. And there's more - check our website for other events happening online and around the country! #histmed histmed.org/history-of-m...
A promotional flyer for History of Medicine Week Events, October 6-10th. The flyer has a light gray background with dark text and red highlighting for emphasis. It displays five event boxes: Monday, 11 ET/12 CT: "Communicating Beyond the Academy: Historians, the Media, and the Public" with a bonus event at 9 ET/10 CT titled "Faith, Hope, and Science in the Time of AIDS - A Talk by Dr. Catherine Burns" hosted by the University of Nebraska. Tuesday: "Perspectives on Science" podcast release about "Federal Regulations: Progressive Era and Beyond" with hashtag #histdrugregs, plus a bonus at 3 ET/2 CT called "Surviving the Graduate Degree." Wednesday, 2 ET/3 CT: "Teaching as the University Burns: Practical Tips" with a note to check AAHM email for the link. Thursday, 1 ET/2 CT: "Medicine Crossing Borders: Immigration and Health." Friday, 2 ET/3 CT: "Trans & Intersex Health From Past to Future" with a note to check AAHM email for the link. At the bottom, italicized text states "Click on titles for registration links. For details and updates visit the website." The website URL www.histmed.org/history-of-medicine-week/ appears at the bottom.
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The Committee on Student Affairs is hosting Virtual Co-working Hours, held Fridays between 3-5 ET on Zoom. Whether you're working on seminar papers, dissertation chapters, or abstracts, join the Student Affairs Committee on Zoom for some camaraderie in writing! #histmed histmed.org/committee-on...
AAHM Virtual Coworking Hours flyer featuring a spiral-bound notepad design. The main text reads "AAHM Virtual Coworking Hours" with an illustration of hands writing. The flyer advertises weekly virtual writing accountability sessions on Fridays beginning 9/12 from 3-6 p.m. Eastern on Zoom at http://bit.ly/3VVWBT. It invites AAHM members seeking camaraderie while working on academic projects like seminar papers, dissertations, applications, abstracts, or books-in-progress. The sessions include goal setting, muted timed work periods, and end-of-session check-ins for reflection. Contact information shows aahmstudents.slack.com and https://histmed.org/committee-on-student-affairs/. The design uses blue and cream colors with notebook paper styling and small clips along the top edge.
September 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo!

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Buffalo 2026
Join us in Buffalo! Call for Papers 2026   The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) (https://histmed.org) invites abstracts for papers in any area of the history of health, healing,...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The Miller Lifetime Achievement Award honors a retired scholar with a distinguished record of scholarly contributions to the field of the history of medicine. This year, our honoree was Jacqueline H. Wolf, author of three books & numerous articles on the history of women's health. Congrats, Jackie!
May 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Welch Medal honors outstanding scholarly work in the history of medicine. Out of a truly impressive shortlist, Elizabeth A. O'Brien won the Welch Medal for her book "Surgery & Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940," published by @uncpress.bsky.social. 🗃️
May 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The George Rosen Prize honors a significant contribution to the history of public health or the history of social medicine. This year's honoree was @nursingclio.bsky.social for their "critical service to the profession and to humanity in the present political climate." 🗃️
May 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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We're excited to announce our partnership with Gale to offer three digital humanities fellowships to support research or teaching projects using Gale Primary Sources & use digital humanities methodologies. Applications due June 13, so check it out and apply! histmed.org/aahm-gale-di...
AAHM-Gale Digital Humanities Fellowships
The AAHM announces three non-residential Digital Humanities scholarships funded by Gale. The AAHM-Gale Non-Residential Fellowship will support research or teaching projects that rely on Gale Primary S...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The Pressman-Burroughs Career Development award aids scholars in transforming their 20th c history of medicine work into a first book. This year's recipient is Marissa Nichols for her project, The Backbone of Rural Health: Nursing and Indigenous Healing in Oaxaca. We can't wait to read!
May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Estes Prize is awarded for the best published paper in the history of pharmacology. This year's award went to Michael Stanley-Baker of Nanyang Technological University for his essay, “Mapping the Bencao: Laoguanshan at the Far End of the Yellow River Corridor,”
Asian Medicine 18 (2024): 260-303.
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Shryock Medal goes to the best histmed essay by a history grad student. Emma Wathen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Shryock Medal for her oustanding essay, “These ‘Children Won’t Become Women’: Depo-Provera, Intellectual Disability, and the Indian Health Service." Congrats, Emma!
May 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The honorable mention for the Shryock Medal went to Jingwen Li of Princeton University for her essay, “’Glasses He Made Sent Dr. Rakusen into Court’: Disputing Vision Diagnosis in 1920s Global Shanghai." Great job, Jingwen!
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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This week, we honor our 2025 award winners! Zoe Kieu Bui Hahn from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine earned the Osler Medal for her exceptional essay, "She Doesn't Understand, She's Afraid, I Don't Think She Cares": The Irrigation Smear from 1962 - 1969." Congratulations! 🗃️
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May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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So pleased to see "Starved for Light" among these stellar titles featured by @uchicagopress.bsky.social for the AAHM @aahmhistmed.bsky.social 2025 conference this last weekend!
Collage of six book covers
May 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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What a great @aahmhistmed.bsky.social conf! Highlights for me include seeing my @urochestersmd.bsky.social student Bella present her poster, sharing a panel w/ two brilliant art historians (Mary Hunter and @drfijohnstone.bsky.social), and seeing the galley prints of my monograph at the book exhibit!
Me (a white woman with blonde hair in a green skirt and top) and my student Bella (a white woman with dark hair and a grey pencil skirt) in front of her poster titled "Behind the Bars: Anonymity in Patient Imagery in the British Medical Journal, 1870-1930". Smiling photo of three panelists seated at a table - Mary Hunter, Christy Slobogin, and Fiona Johnstone. A table with several books and two printed galleys of books, including _Putting Plastic Surgery on Paper: How Art and Archives Defined Second World War Reconstructive Surgery in Britain_
May 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Even though #AAHM2025 is coming to an end, there’s still time to browse our virtual exhibit! Get 30% off & free domestic shipping on books with promo code EX58000: bit.ly/UCPEXAAHM.
Six book covers rotating clockwise: Looking through the Speculum, Soda Science, Starved for Light, Maraña, Borders of Care, Anatomy of a Train Wreck.
May 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Always great to meet our authors in the wild! Thanks #aahm2025
@mstanleybaker.bsky.social’s book is out in paperback next month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191120/
May 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM