Webinar
How the History of Medicine Can Improve Health Care of the Future
Monday, June 1, 2026 | 1.00pm Eastern Time
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How the History of Medicine Can Improve Health Care of the Future
$50.00
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Overview
The history of medicine enables us to frame our current practices of medical care, education, and research. In the process, it positions us to inform and improve the health care of the future. Today, we’ll have the opportunity to learn from three esteemed historians of medicine, who have each used the NLM’s remarkable historical collections to develop their own ground-breaking analyses that hold important implications for the future of medicine.
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Speakers
Agenda
Introductions
Video Presentations (40 minutes)
Andrew Lea:
“Mind The Gap: Machine Learning, Dataset Shift, and History in the Age of Clinical Algorithms”
The history of medicine and the use of computing and AI.
Justin Barr:
“Sewing up the Gap: Arterial Repair in 20th Century America”
The history of medicine and the intersection of clinical care and clinical innovation.
Laura Stark:
“Human Experiments are Legal Experiments: 75 Years of NIH Research”
The history of medicine and evolving research ethics.
Questions and Answers (12 minutes)
Moderated by Scott Podolsky
Closing Remarks (3 minutes)
Organized by:
Scott Podolsky, MD
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Medical Library
Participants:
Andrew S. Lea, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Humanities and Bioethics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Justin Barr, MD PhD
Transplant Surgeon
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans
Laura Stark, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
Vanderbilt University