 | John Harley Warner |
John Harley Warner, newly designated as the Avalon Professor of the History of Medicine, is a historian who focuses chiefly on American medicine and science.
Warner's primary appointment is at the School of Medicine, where he chairs the Program in the History of Medicine and Science, but he is also on the faculty of the Departments of History and American Studies. His research interests include the cultural and social history of medicine in 19th- and 20th-century America; comparative history (particularly British, French and North American medicine); and medical cultures since the late 18th century. He is especially interested in clinical practice, orthodox and alternative healing, the multiple meanings of scientific medicine and the interactions among identity, narrative and aesthetics in the grounding of modern medicine.
His books are "Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings" (co-edited with Frank Huisman), "Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health" (co-edited with Janet A. Tighe), "Against the Spirit of the System: The French Impulse in 19th-Century American Medicine" and "The Therapeutic Perspective: Medical Practice, Knowledge and Identity in America, 1820-1885." The latter was awarded the William H. Welch Medal by the American Association for the History of Medicine. He is also the author of numerous articles, book chapters and encylopedia entries.
Warner holds a B.S. in biology and chemistry from Florida State University, and three degrees in the history of science: an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Before coming to Yale in 1986, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London. Since 1997, he has also served as principal fellow/senior associate in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
His honors include the Derek Price Award of the History of Science Society, the Richard Shryock Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine and grants from the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, among others.
Warner is a member of the American Association for the History of Medicine, where he chairs the Committee on Publications; the History of Science Society, where he chairs the Pfizer Prize Committee; and the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, where he is a member of the advisory board for the International Network for the History of Hospitals.
T H I S
John Harley Warner named Avalon
Professor of History of Medicine
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