A meeting ground for social and health scientists, humanists and health professionals interested in the interplay of health, culture and society.

Director:
Peter J. Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Director:
Howard I. Kushner, Ph.D.
Assistant Director:
Kate Winskell, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator:
Deanne Dunbar

• To create an intellectual environment that encourages the discussion of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to problems of broad public health importance that transcend disciplinary, institutional and national boundaries.

• Speaker Series
• AHHHS Speaker Series
• Health, Culture and Society Seminar

• To develop and maintain cross-disciplinary training opportunities and innovative approaches to teaching for students and faculty at Emory in order to better pursue interdisciplinary questions in health, culture and society.

• Fellowship Program
• Global Health Minor
• Applied History of Health & Health Sciences Program

• To encourage and support members of the Emory community in the early development of interdisciplinary research programs on issues of health, culture and society and well as making linkages between research and health policy formation and implementation.

• Africa / Scenarios Linkage
• Kawasaki Disease Research Project

5th Annual J Willis Hurst History of Medicine Symposium Friday September 26, 2008

Read the Emory Report article "Winskell's films focus on HIV/AIDS prevention" by Robin Tricoles.

Center launches Applied History of Health & Health Sciences Program.

Read E Melanie Brickman's review of Emerging Illnesses and Society: Negotiating the Public Health Agenda edited by Randall M Packard, Peter J Brown, Ruth L Berkelman and Howard Frumkin.

Center launches Global Health, Culture and Society Minor.

On November 6, 2005, CHCS sponsored a panel discussion, "Emory and the Future of Africa: Potentials, Possiblities, Partnerships." President James Wagner discussed his recent trip to Africa and other panelists responded.
For panelists' comments, click here.
For article in The Emory Report, click here.

Click here for CHCS January 2006 Newsletter.