Durham Health History Exhibition Opens

Durham Health History Exhibition Opens

HistoryAn exhibition entitled "Documenting Durham's Health History" will run November 21-December 13 at the Medical Center Library, 2nd/3rd Floors. Seeley Mudd Building, Duke University.

Through maps, images, and video interviews, this exhibition examines the roots of health disparities in the "City of Medicine." It focuses on four case studies: tuberculosis before WWII, childbirth during hospital desegregation, HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980-90s, and the more recent rise of diabetes and obesity.

This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and the Medical Center Library & Archives. It is made possible by a Duke Bass Connections grant.

Please join us for an opening reception on Thursday, November 21, from 4:30-6:30 pm in Room 102 of the Medical Center Library. Remarks by Jeffrey Baker, MD, PhD, Director, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. How have racial health disparities in Durham been understood over the past century? To what extent have their structural roots been appreciated? What role has Duke Health played in this history? This exhibit explores these questions using maps, images, and video interviews. It focuses on four case studies: tuberculosis before WWII, childbirth during hospital desegregation, HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980-90s, and the more recent rise of diabetes and obesity.

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