健康, 文化 and Societies explores the complex interaction among biological, 社会, and cultural realities, both present and past. The HCS joint concentration complements students’ learning experiences in 任何 other Area of Concentration and provides a focal point for health-related futures.
关于 the 健康, 文化, and Societies AOC
健康, wellness, and even 疾病 can only be fully understood, we believe, through studying the complex interaction of biological, 社会, and cultural realities in societies past and present. The Joint AOC in 健康, 文化, and Societies (HCS) fosters an understanding of the importance of these interwoven factors to explore experience, practice, 政策, medical interventions, and the uses of data and information.
HCS is radically interdisciplinary (working across disciplines), even transdisciplinary (crossing academic study, professional work, and community engagement). We support students in exploring different aspects and conceptions of health in 社会 and cultural contexts. A concern for long standing histories of health inequities, expert and local knowledge, and contemporary disparities is central to this program. Because practical experiences and professional exploration alternate with academic study and classroom instruction, this joint-AOC is particularly appropriate for students interested in health-related 护理ers, broadly defined. Students in the program may come to health from a humanistic (i.e., artistic, literary, historical, philosophical, or ethical), a 社会 scientific (i.e., anthropological, psychological, 社会, economic, or political), and/or a natural scientific (i.e., biological, biochemical, physiological, or epidemiologic) perspective.
Featured Course
INST 2200
健康, 文化, and Societies: Interdisciplinary Explorations
This course interrogates “health” and its relation to both cultures and societies from multiple perspectives across the natural sciences, the 社会 sciences, and the humanities. We begin by asking what to we mean by health – is health something fixed across time and cultures or is it variable? Is health a property of an individual or something better thought of in terms of a community? 健康 is something we desire and understood as a “good,” but also sometimes imposed upon us as a mortal imperative. 健康 may stand in for other 社会ly desirable qualities: beauty, 青年, racialized and gendered ideals. How do we measure and track health or wellness – for ourselves, for others, for our communities? How has health, well-being 疾病, 疾病 been understood and experienced in different places and different times? Topics to be explored include cross-historical and cross-cultural concepts of contagion, 疾病, 疾病, medicine, 护理, and healing; public health and health disparities; uses and misuses of data; health history and why history matters for thinking about and seeking health.
Recent Courses
- 健康, 文化, and Societies: Interdisciplinary Explorations
- Social Epidemiology
- 健康 Education
- A History of Biomedicine
- Neuroethics
- Animal Minds and Ethics
- The Black Death
- Medical Anthropology
- Dealing with Data I
- Dancing with Parkinsons
- Epidemiology Matters
- Global 健康
- Epidemiology II
- Tropical Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Career Pathways
- Medicine
- 护理
- Public 健康
- Medical/Science Research
- 健康 Arts
- Behavioral 健康
- Data Analytics
- 健康 Advocacy
- Policy Analysis
- 健康 Information and Communication
- 健康 Informatics
- Disabilities/ADA Law and Policy
- Public/健康 Administration
- Medical Librarian
- Medical Illustrator
- Social Worker
Pre-健康 Program
In an effort to share valuable resources and create strong connections between students, the pre-health program is designed for students interested in pursuing a 护理er in health护理 or medicine including Pre-Med, 预审核, Pre-Dental, and Pre-Pharmaceutical.
Contact Us
Dr. Kristopher Fennie
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director of 健康 文化s and Societies
Email Address
Location
Heiser 123B
邮件
Heiser E172C
健康, 文化 & Societies Faculty
Dr. Kristopher Fennie
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Co-Director of 健康 文化s and Societies
Dr. Yidong Gong
Assistant Professor of Anthropology