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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Global Health Humanities Essays
Humanities Futures at the Franklin Humanities Institute has published a series of Global Health Humanities Essays. You can read them ...
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“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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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February Newsletter
Thursday, February 15th On Thursday Feb 15, at 5 pm, please join us to end the work day with drinks ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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