Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Josiah Charles Trent Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, in the School of Medicine
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2009 - Present
History,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of History
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2005 - Present
History,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Medicine
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2020 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
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2016 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2017 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
The origins and genomic diversity of American Civil War Era smallpox vaccine strains.
Journal Article Genome biology · July 2020 Vaccination has transformed public health, most notably including the eradication of smallpox. Despite its profound historical importance, little is known of the origins and diversity of the viruses used in smallpox vaccination. Prior to the twentieth cent ... Full text CiteThe influenza of 1918: Evolutionary perspectives in a historical context
Journal Article Evolution, Medicine and Public Health · January 1, 2018 The 1918 influenza pandemic was the deadliest in known human history. It spread globally to the most isolated of human communities, causing clinical disease in a third of the world’s population, and infecting nearly every human alive at the time. Determina ... Full text Cite17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox.
Journal Article Current biology : CB · December 2016 Smallpox holds a unique position in the history of medicine. It was the first disease for which a vaccine was developed and remains the only human disease eradicated by vaccination. Although there have been claims of smallpox in Egypt, India, and China dat ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Another March Madness: The American Cival War at 150
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2011 - 2012The Civil War and American Medicine
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2009 - 2010Civil Rights and the Body in the American South: A History Conference
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2007 - 2008View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Harvard University ·
1987
M.D.
Harvard University ·
1983
Ph.D.