Duke Medical Ethics Journal Publishes Spring 2021 Edition
The Duke Medical Ethics Journal (DMEJ) was created in 2019 by a team of students who recognized the importance, and ...
Health Humanities Senior, Sujal Manohar, reflects on time at Duke and on being a recipient of the Hart Fellowship
Interviewed by Cuquis Robledo | Interview transcribed by Amber Delgado **This article has been edited since it’s posting*** “I’ve always ...
Health Humanities and Covid19, an interview with Ali Sloan
By Cuquis Robledo “I think what is special about the HHL and Health Humanities is that it is this different ...
Health Humanities and Covid19, an interview with Kevin Solomon
By Cuquis Robledo “…One of the things that will never escape me is the concepts around accessibility and inclusivity and ...
Opportunity for Summer Funding for Humanities Doctoral Students
Scope of work The Health Humanities Lab Graduate Assistants will work with the lab manager and co-directors on various tasks ...
Reflection on Expressive Writing for Covid-19
Screenshot of some of the participants from the Expressive Writing for Covid19 Workshop. John Evans on the top right, and ...
Health Humanities and COVID-19, an interview with Bryan Rusch
By: Arthi Kozhumam My life requires a lot of accommodations and advocacy and getting help, that’s just the nature of ...
Expressive Writing Workshops for Sexual and Reproductive Health: participants needed for study
Tldr: Are you a female-identifying or gender nonbinary Duke undergraduate? Are you interested in exploring how sexual and reproductive health ...
Stories from Root Causes: Fresh Produce Program – a photo essay
Check out undergrad Sophia Li’s photo essay on chronic health patients at Duke Outpatient Clinic who are food insecure. This ...
Marion Quirici’s TedxDuke Talk on Disability Justice
Earlier this year, HHL co-director Marion Quirici gave a TedxDuke talk. She discussed disability access as a civil rights issue, ...
Disability Representation in Game of Thrones
Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) with a desperate expression on her face against a backdrop of smoke. The spikes of her ...
MFA/EDA Student Explores his Chronic Condition through his Thesis
By Katherine Berko I spoke with MFA/EDA student Jacob Moss, about his thesis titled One Arm Dove Hunt. Over the ...
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and What Health Workers Can Learn From It
By Katherine Berko I sat down with HHL co-director, Neil Prose, to discuss his relationship with Leo Tolstoy’s short book, ...
Global Health Humanities Essays
Humanities Futures at the Franklin Humanities Institute has published a series of Global Health Humanities Essays. You can read them ...
“Health Humanities”: Medicine and the future of Humanities
Anna Savelyeva (T’20), took the HHL’s course Storytelling in Medicine and Health. She’s been kind enough to share her final ...
Videos from Neurodiversities Symposium Faculty Panel Available
The videos from the Duke Faculty Panel, “Brainhood, Self-Concepts, and the Perils of Neuroconformity” at the Neurodiversities Symposium are now ...
HHL Receives Coverage on Narrative Medicine Mondays
The Duke Chronicle wrote an article about the HHL’s work on narrative medicine, specifically its Narrative Medicine Mondays program. To ...
Recipient of Marshall Scholarship Holds Close Ties to HHL
Julie Uchitel, recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship By Katherine Berko Julie Uchitel, a senior at Duke majoring in neuroscience ...
Duke Alum Jonathan Hill-Rorie Creates Tools for Improving Student Wellness on Campus
Jonathan Hill-Rorie leading a session of Narrative Medicine Mondays By Katherine Berko Jonathan Hill-Rorie, Duke alum (T ‘15) and masters ...
This Class Puts Stories at the Heart of Medicine and Health
HHL-sponsored course Storytelling in Medicine & Health, co-taught by HHL founder and co-director Deborah Jenson, was beautifully captured in an ...
HHL Receives Coverage on Disability Work and Events
This week, Duke student Defne Yorgancioglu published an article in the Duke Chronicle titled: “Professors, student groups hope to make discipline ...
New Student-Led House Course: Narratives of Illness and Healing
Narratives of Illness and Healing – HOUSECS 59.09 Spring 2019 Mondays, 7-8:30 PM, Keohane 4B 402SEM Interested in the role ...
Attending to the “Illusion of Life”: Reimagining Medicine through the Art of Puppetry Practice
“Puppetry’s practices cultivate presence, attention, and imagination. These three dimensions engage future healthcare providers in a practice that holds healing ...
Stressed? Burnt Out? Take Our Survey!
Dear Duke Student, Ever felt stressed or burnt-out on campus? Ever wondered how Duke could help you deal with these ...
Spring 2020 Courses in Health Humanities
To see all courses offered by Health Humanities Lab faculty members and associates, visit our courses page, here. To look ...
Re-Cap of Neurodiversities: “Deej” Film Screening and Poetry & Autism Workshop
HHL Lab Manager, Katherine Berko, published a piece on what she learned about neurodiversities after spending time with the autist poet ...
HHL Seeking Availability for Students Interested in Narrative Health Support Group
Location: Health Humanities Lab@FHI in Room 0037A, Trent Hall (310 Trent Drive) We seek participants for a regular meeting time. We ...
HHL Co-Director Neil Prose Discusses Curiosity & the Patient-Provider Encounter
Neil Prose, a co-director of the Health Humanities Lab, was recently interviewed on how cultivating curiosity can improve the relationship ...
“The Health Humanities and the Future of Publishing”
Craig Klugman, of DePaul University, recently published an article titled “The Health Humanities and the Future of Publishing,” with the ...
For Better Healthcare, a Little Empathy Goes a Long Way
HHL Co-Director Dr. Neil Prose recently taught a course in Chile on respectful maternity care. Early in his career as ...
Respectful maternity care: A multidisciplinary roundtable
On May 30th, 2018, HHL Co-Director Neil Prose spoke at the University of Amsterdam in a multidisciplinary roundtable on the ...
February Newsletter
Thursday, February 15th On Thursday Feb 15, at 5 pm, please join us to end the work day with drinks ...
Humanities Futures Capstone Conference, Sept. 14-16, 2017
The Franklin Humanities Institute and the FHI Health Humanities Lab are pleased to announce the Humanities Futures Capstone Conference “HEALTH ...
The “Death of the Humanities” has been Grossly Exaggerated
Funding for the Humanities Will Continue By: Joseph McNicholas, Ph.D., M.B.A. Director, Research Opportunities Franklin Humanities Research Center On March 16, 2017, ...
MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse
MK Czerwiec, RN, MA is a nurse who uses comics to contemplate the complexities of illness and caregiving. She is the ...
Student Exercise on Empathy at the Nasher Museum of Art
Dr. Neil Prose, a core faculty member of the Health Humanities Lab, is currently teaching a Duke freshman seminar as ...
HHL in The Lancet
The Editor of The Lancet, Richard Horton, met with the Lab Co-Directors during his visit for the DGHI 10th Anniversary ...
What is the Health Humanities Lab?
The Health Humanities Lab, run by the Franklin Humanities Institute, is an initiative that bridges the humanities, Duke Health, and the Duke Global ...