Dr. Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze (Surgery; Medical History & Bioethics) has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for pioneering work that transforms how surgeons and patients navigate major decisions and informed consent. Congrats, Dr. Schwarze! #NAM @nam.edu #Bioethics #MedHum

This CHASM program reflects the importance of Medical History & Bioethics: exploring the intersections of medicine and society, learning from the past, and fostering dialogue that supports compassionate, equitable patient care. #MedHum #Bioethics

We are co-sponsoring this event - make sure to attend! Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 PM Steenbock Library uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We extended our deadline to noon Friday - there is still time to sign up for this event! bit.ly/45GtfR4

🎉 Last chance to register! 🎉 Join us Oct 9–10 for the 75/50th Anniversary Celebration. ✨ Alumni, Faculty & Student panels ✨ Keynote from Dr. Leslie Reagan ✨ Catered lunch by Ahan Come for one day or both—pick the sessions that fit your schedule. We can’t wait to see you there! bit.ly/45GtfR4

👩‍⚕️📚 Curious about the Path of Distinction in Bioethics? Join faculty mentors Dr. Karola Kreitmair & Dr. Paul Kelleher to learn more + ask questions! 📅 9/23 | ⏰ 12:10–12:50 | 📍 HSLC 1220/1222 🍴 Sign up by 9/22 for food! bit.ly/3HNwMDy

✨Welcome to campus M1's! ✨ Join us to learn more about each of the Paths of Distinction to determine which is the best fit for you. 📅 Thursday, August 28, 2025 ⌚ 5:00-6:00pm 📍 HSLC 1335 🍕RSVP for pizza forms.office.com/r/eXPk8MwYVu #MedEd #MedHum #Research #Bioethics #PublicHealth #IPE

We’re excited to welcome back: Ayo Adegbite • Shannon Withycombe • Travis Weisse • Katie Robinson • Emer Lucey Hear them kick off the Alumni Spotlight Series on Oct 10, 9AM at HSLC-sharing their teaching, research & careers since UW–Madison. RSVP: bit.ly/45GtfR4 #UWMadison #BadgerPride #Alumni

We’re thrilled to announce Dr. Leslie Reagan's keynote theme for our 75th/50th Anniversary Celebration: “Doing Histories of Medicine and Public Health: A Radical Project,” promises to be a powerful highlight of the evening! 📍 10/9/2025, 5:30–7:30 PM, Pyle Center Register: bit.ly/45GtfR4 #OnWisconsin

Honored news! Prof. Gregg Mitman has received the Humane Order of African Redemption from the Republic of Liberia in recognition of his decades of justice-driven scholarship and deep collaboration with Liberian communities. 7/24/2025 @uwmadison.bsky.social #MedicalHistory #MedHum #OnWisconsin

🧠💬 Better Conversations for Better Informed Consent In this new whiteboard video, Dr. Gretchen Schwarze shares a 5-step framework to help patients feel more prepared & aligned with their surgical decisions. Watch & rethink the way we talk about surgery. #MedEd #Bioethics bit.ly/3TSsptl

We’re proud to share Emeritus Prof. Gregg Mitman will receive the Humane Order of African Redemption from Pres. Boakai on Liberia’s 178th Independence Day, July 24—honoring decades of justice-driven scholarship, global health work & partnership with Liberian communities. #UWMadison #WisconsinIdea

New book: The Social Cost of Carbon by Dr. J. Paul Kelleher. The SCC isn’t one number—it’s four. Kelleher explains how each works, why they fall short ethically, and how they can guide real #climate policy. Sharp read for those thinking climate + justice. #CarbonCost #Ethics bit.ly/44zUCeG

🧪 “The work of metascientists will likely have unexpected effects.” In her new interview with @themeta.news, Dr. Nicole Nelson unpacks the reproducibility crisis, open data’s hidden costs, & why reforming science might deepen global inequalities. bit.ly/45VV9bR #Metascience #Reproducibility #STSHub

Big congratulations to Dr. Paul Kelleher and Dr. Pablo F. Gómez on their promotion to full professor! We're proud to celebrate their outstanding contributions in teaching, research, and service—both in our department and across the field. #UWMadison #OnWisconsin #MedHum #MedicalHistory #Bioethics

🎉 Celebrating 75 Years of Medical History & 50 Years of Bioethics! 📍 UW–Madison | 📅 Oct 9–10 Panels, keynotes, food from Ahan, & more. RSVP by Sept 9 to join us! bit.ly/45GtfR4 #UWMadison #MedHum #Bioethics #WisconsinIdea #SMPH #MedEd

New from Dr. Karola Kreitmair in Hastings Center Report: Why “empathic AI” is a dangerous illusion. She breaks down 3 essential conditions for real recognition—voluntariness, consciousness, and mutuality—and why AI can’t meet them. bit.ly/4nh9Tbz #AI #HealthCare #MedHum #Bioethics #SMPH

New SMPH class drop! 💥 Health Disparities Research: Histories, Practices & Methods kicks off Sept 15. Tackle the roots of health inequities + draft your NIH Aims Page. Co-taught by Drs. Landress & Powell. #UWMadison #SMPH #HealthEquity #CHDR #MedHist

Who’s ready to celebrate? 🎉 We’re heading to the Wisco Welcome for Dean Nita Ahuja TODAY! 🍦 Ice cream 🧀 Cheese from the mini farmer’s market 🎯 Yard games What better way to say “hi” to the new #SMPH Dean? Catch us at HSLC from 1–3 p.m.—see you there! 🙌🌼 #GrowWithAhuja #WiscoWelcome #OnWisconsin

Heat waves everywhere in the global north this week, so time for a thread on heat humanities research. Humanities scholars are exceptionally good at analyzing intersections of race, class, gender, and labor to highlight social vulnerabilities to meteorological disasters.

Better Conversations, Better Care Dr. Gretchen Schwarze + Dr. Amy Zelenski How do we move beyond the “fix it” mindset in surgery? This convo dives into reframing consent, prognostic talk, & using improv to build empathy. 🔗 Listen now: bit.ly/3T3kQj0 #MedEd #Surgery #Ethics #ImprovInMedicine #MedHUm

Dr. Nicole Nelson joined @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss Model Behavior, exploring how scientists use mice to study complex human behaviors. A deep dive into uncertainty, genetics, and lab life. Listen now: bit.ly/4kwuUx3 #ScienceStudies #BehaviorGenetics #UWMadison

This fall, we welcome Dr. Sadie Bergen as a postdoc in Medical History & Bioethics! Her work on NICUs, reproductive health, and public health ethics brings fresh insight—and furthers the Wisconsin Idea. #UWPostdoc #WisconsinIdea #MedHist #MedicalHumanities #Ethics

For those who missed the spring semester Hot Topics in Public Health Symposium (With our very own Prof. Richard Keller), a recording with continuing education credit is now available: "Hot, Hot, Hot: Climate Change, Heat, and Health" bit.ly/3ZgNa4Y #ClimateChange #PublicHealth #MedicalHistory

1 spot just became available, join @chasmuwmad.bsky.social at @chazenartuw.bsky.social tonight from 5-7pm! #MedHum bit.ly/4kpIgL1

Happy to support @chasmuwmad.bsky.social for this event! #MedHum #OnWisconsin #BuildingCommunity #WisconsinIdea

📰 A new Quarterly is out with a spotlight on SMPH's Paths of Distinction. In MHB, we’re proud to sponsor the Bioethics PoD — giving students space to explore the ethical challenges at the heart of medicine and public health. #MedEd #Bioethics #SMPH bit.ly/4j6Ka2g #OnWisconsin

We warmly welcome Dr. Nita Ahuja as the new Dean of #SMPH! We look forward to the future of SMPH under her leadership and can’t wait to explore new connections and ideas in Medical History and Bioethics together. #MedHum #Bioethics youtu.be/zDMF0OR4bNo?...

It's not even #summer, but we are already thinking about fall. Check out our #Fall2025 course offerings here: bit.ly/438bSFH #Undergrads, #Grads, #MedEd, we have you covered!

Congrats to our recent POD-B grads! 🎉 Pictured: Alexandra Center, Yusuf Mohamoud, Brittany Russell, and faculty Dr. Kelleher and Dr. Kreitmair. Wishing you all the best in your next chapter! #OnWisconsin @uwmadison.bsky.social

Congrats to this years cohort of the Path of Distinction in Bioethics! 🎓👏 Alexandra Center, Bethany Erb, Cuong Phuoc Luu, Yusuf Mohamoud & Brittany Russell 🎓👏 You’ve set the bar for excellence in ethical leadership in medicine. The future is brighter because of you. #OnWisconsin #UWGrad

Brittany Russell, a visual artist & POD Bioethics student, has had her collage selected for the Spring 2025 issue of Corpus Callosum. Her piece, titled The […] and Science of Medicine, explores the complexity and juxtaposition of the emotional experiences physicians navigate. bit.ly/4jHhnCc #MedHum

Congrats to Prof. Dana Landress on a successful First Book Workshop! Her forthcoming book explores the history of pellagra and its public health impact in the early 20th c. South. Thanks to all who joined and shared insights! @uchicagopress.bsky.social #MedHum #History

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin (@uwchancellor.bsky.social) provides details on recent federal developments concerning international students, research funding and more, and the variety of ways that UW–Madison is responding.

Still thinking about that wild #Spring hail storm in Southern #Wisconsin? 🌪️ Come to Hot!Hot!Hot! Join our #Chair @richardckeller.bsky.social TODAY at 5:30pm in 1335 #HSLC to learn how climate change and heat are shaping our health. 🔥🌍 #ClimateChange #PublicHealth Also online: bit.ly/3F7hBU8

🔥 Just a week away - register today! Join our Faculty & Chair Richard Keller and a slate of other #SMPH Faculty for Hot, Hot, Hot: Climate Change, Heat, and Health on April 22, 2025, starting at 5:30pm (Hybrid). 🔥 bit.ly/3F7hBU8 #Accreditation

The next Integrative Health Grand Rounds will be May 7, featuring a presentation by Michaela Frey, MD, titled, "Food Is Medicine: Indigenous Foodways in Wisconsin." Find more info and a link to join here: buff.ly/xq3f3Lh

🎉 A huge congratulations to Gordy Thompson, winner of the 2025 Dr. Norman Fost Award for the Best Medical Student Bioethics Essay! 🏆 Gordy's outstanding essay, "Implications of a Mandatory Hepatitis B Vaccination Requirement at UW–Madison," can be read now on our website! bit.ly/4cmKBU8

🎉 Big congratulations to Prof. Karola Kreitmair on her appointment to the Board of Directors for the International Neuroethics Society! 👏 Her leadership will help shape the future of ethical brain science. 🧠✨ #Neuroethics #INS #EthicsInScience bit.ly/4cngKLj

After decades of groundbreaking work at the intersection of science, medicine, environment, and visual culture, Gregg Mitman is retiring. A brilliant scholar, teacher, & storyteller—your impact stretches far beyond the classroom. #Thankyou, Gregg. 🌍🎥📚 #Retirement @uwmadison.bsky.social gmitman.com

Huge thanks to all who joined the 2025 Bioethics Symposium! This year’s event highlighted the deep ties between #Bioethics & #MedHum. Grateful to our panelists, cast, and faculty—especially Profs. Kretzmair & Kelleher, and our dept. Chair Prof. Keller—for making it possible! Video coming soon.

A few tickets are still available - please claim your seats now! #Bioethics #MedHum bit.ly/Bioethics2025

Congratulations to Gregg Mitman, one of the 2025 Hilldale Award winners! His impactful research blends medicine, environment, and humanity, earning well-deserved recognition. Beyond research, he mentors students & champions sustainability, inclusivity, and critical thinking at UW. Well done, Gregg!

Join us April 5th for the #Bioethics Symposium hosted by the School of Medicine & Public Health and MHB! Experience a staged reading of Homo Ex Machina, a play by Karola Kreitmair, followed by a panel discussion & post event activities. Free Tickets: bit.ly/Bioethics2025 #CME @uwmadison.bsky.social

🚨 URGENT: 4/1/2025 Deadline is fast approaching for our 24-month #postdoctoral opportunity in the history of #modern #medicine (19th c.-present) or #publichealth at MHB! Lead independent research, collaborate w/renowned #Faculty, & gain mentorship at a top-tier institution. bit.ly/3ESUQ66

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Question: What do you get when a brilliant #bioethics professor (Karola Kreitmair) writes a #play that grapples w/the existential fallout when a brain implant wreaks the life and love of a married couple? Answer: The 2025 Bioethics Symposium! Homo Ex Machina April 5th 2025. bit.ly/4i2ME1T #MedHum

Hot!Hot!Hot! Did you know that heat kills more people every year than all other forms of extreme weather combined? Mark your calendar for this panel about heat’s growing threat in a changing climate!

What does #MedHum mean to you? How do you engage with the humanities, and how does it influence your practice? We asked our contributing faculty/staff this question—here are their insights. Share your own response and let us know how you bridge the #CHASM. 🌿 #MondayMindfulness bit.ly/4iWnH8i

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