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Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease

Members of staff

Core staff of the Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease based in the Wolfson Research Institute:

Associate staff

CHMD's activities benefit from the input of staff in other departments of Durham University:

  • Professor Peter Atkins, Professor in the Department of Geography (History of Nutrition, History of Tuberculosis)
  • Dr Stefano Cracolici, Reader in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (Medieval and Renaissance Medicine)
  • Professor David Knight, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Philosophy (History of Science)
  • Dr Cathy McClive, Lecturer in the Department of History (History of Early Modern Medicine)
  • Dr Carmen Pena, Teaching Fellow in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (Medieval Hispano-Arabic Medicine)
  • Professor Charlotte Roberts, Professor in the Department of Archaeology (Palaeopathology, History of Disease)

Postgraduate Students

  • Daniel Becker, MA (Durham): PhD project on 'The Case of Myxœdema: The Formation, Standardisation and Dissemination of Medical Knowledge in late Nineteenth-Century Britain by means of the Professional Journal'
  • Victoria Blake, MA (Durham): PhD project on 'Clinical Science in Newcastle and Durham medical societies, 1848-1914'
  • Cheryl Lancaster, MA PhD (Durham): PhD project on 'A History of Stem Cell Research'
  • Anita Winkler, Mag. phil. (Vienna): PhD project on 'Representations of Bodies in German Sex Education Films, 1945-70'

Visiting Fellows

  • Dr Hans-Georg Hofer, Dr. phil (Graz), University of Bonn, Wolfson Research Institute Visiting Fellow
  • Dr Iona McCleery, PhD (St Andrews), University of Leeds, Visiting Research Fellow