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American Association for the History of Medicine

Council and Committees, 2012–2013

Officers

Nancy Tomes (President), Margaret Humphreys (Vice President), Jodi L. Koste (Secretary), Margaret Marsh (Treasurer), John Eyler (Immediate Past President)

Council (2010–2013): David Barnes, David Jones, Susan Jones, Wendy Kline

Council (2011–2014): Julie Fairman, Richard C. Keller, Elizabeth Watkins, Stephanie Brown-Clark

Council (2012–2015): David Cantor, Jeremy Greene, John Swann, Jacqueline Wolf

NOTE: When the term of a committee member extends beyond 2012–2013, the year in which the appointment terminates is shown in parentheses after the member’s name.

Committee on Annual Meetings

Ted Brown (Chair), Elizabeth Fee, Martin Pernick (2014), Mindy Schwartz (2014), George Weisz, Sarah Tracy (2015), and Jodi Koste, Ex-officio

Clinician-Historians

Carla Keirns (Chair)

Delegate to American Council of Learned Societies

Caroline Hannaway (2015)

Delegate to International Society for the History of Medicine

Andrew Nadel, Alternate: Ynez O’Neill

Education and Outreach Committee

Laura Hirshbein (Chair), Justin Barr (2014), Kristen Ehrenberger (2014), Richard Kahn, Carla Keirns (2014), Karen Ross (2015), and Heather Prescott (2015)

Estes Prize Committee

Gregory Higby (Chair), Scott Podolsky, Hilary Smith

Finance Committee

William Rothstein (Chair), Jennifer Gunn (2015), Alan Kraut

Garrison Lecture Committee

Joel Howell (Chair), Howard Brody, Sarah Tracy

Lifetime Achievement Award Committee

Judith Walzer Leavitt (Chair), Vicky Hardin, Christopher Crenner

Local Arrangements Committee

Atlanta, 2013: Howard Kushner and W. Clyde Partin

Chicago, 2014: Mindy Schwartz

New Haven, 2015: John Harley Warner

Newsletter

Jodi L. Koste and Joan Echtenkamp Klein, Editors

Nominating Committee

Martin Pernick (Chair), W. Bruce Fye, Arleen Tuchman

Osler Medal Committee

James Hanley (Chair), Dawna Gilchrist, Stephen Inrig, William Summers, Andrea Tone

Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award Committee

David Herzberg (Chair), Dennis Doyle (2015), Susan Lawrence (2014)

Program Committee

Susan Reverby (Co-Chair), Anne-Emanuelle Birn (Co-Chair), Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Arlene Keeling, Samuel Roberts, Merlin Chowkwanyun, and David Jones

Publications Committee

Janet Golden (Chair), Scott Podolsky (2016), Arlene Tuchman (2017)

Shryock Medal Committee

Wendy Kline (Chair), Dea Boster, Jeremy Greene, Chris Hamlin, Monica Green

Welch Medal Committee

Barron Lerner (Chair), Marta Hanson, Ann Carmichael, David Barnes, Charles Rosenberg

Women Historians

Lara Freidenfelds (Chair)

Ad Hoc Committee on Student Affairs

Justin Barr (Chair),Walt Schalick (Faculty Representative)

Ad Hoc Committee on Travel Grants

Tony Kovac (Chair), Deborah Doroshow, Lynda Payne (2014)