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Margaret Ellen Humphreys

Margaret Ellen Humphreys

Josiah Charles Trent Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, in the School of Medicine
History
meh@duke.edu
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham 27708-0719
206 Classroom Bldg, Durham 27708

Overview

History of American medicine and public health, history of tropical medicine, especially malaria and yellow fever, history of medicine in the American Civil War. History of racial disparities in health and health care in the US.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Josiah Charles Trent Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, in the School of Medicine · 2009 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of History · 2005 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Medicine · 2020 - Present Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute · 2016 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2017 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

Education, Training & Certifications

Harvard University · 1987 M.D.
Harvard University · 1983 Ph.D.