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The Center for the History of Medicine
About us
The Center for the History of Medicine
has a core staff of four as well as research assistants and work-study
students who assist on selected projects.
 The
Director is Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Markel is the George
E. Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics
and Communicable Diseases, and Professor of History. The author or editor
of 8 books including Quarantine! (Johns Hopkins University Press,
1997) and When Germs Travel (Pantheon/Alfred A. Knopf, 2003), Dr.
Markel has written over 100 scholarly articles and reviews. He is a frequent
contributor to the New York Times, Harper's, National
Public Radio, and other publications.
The Associate Director is Alexandra Minna Stern, Ph.D. Dr. Stern
is Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
and the Program in American Culture. She has published numerous articles
on the history of medicine and public health in the United States and
Mexico. Her book, entitled Eugenic Nation: Eugenic Nation: Medicine,
Race, and Sexuality in the U.S. West, 1900-1970 is forthcoming from
University of California Press.
The Assistant Director for Programs is Christine Bass, Ph.D. Her
research interests include the history of women’s health in the
19th and 20th centuries and women’s roles as patients. She is currently
coordinating an oral history project on scientists and clinicians at the
University of Michigan.
The Center's Secretary IV is Kathleen M. Militzer. Kathie is new
to the Center for the History of Medicine. She has worked at the University
since 1994, first with the Middle English Dictionary
and then with the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. Kathie will
also confess to many other work experiences; some paid, some part time,
and some voluntary. She enjoys her family, gardening, reading, and exploring
Michigan.
2002-2003 Project Assistants
Jose Amador – research assistant
Diane Cederberg – UROP student
Narayanan Radhakrishnan – work-study student
Kevin Svik – work-study student
Contact information: 100 Simpson Memorial Institute, 102 Observatory,
0725, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Phone: (734) 647-6914; Fax: (734) 647-6915
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