In conjunction with the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America on display at Penn Libraries’ Holman Biotech Commons, this panel brings historians and physicians together to explore and discuss two important epidemics in Philadelphia.  

Panelists: 

·         David Barnes, PhD, Associate Professor, History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania 

·         Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine and Associate Professor, History and Sociology of Science, School of Arts and Sciences 

·         Rana Hogarth, PhD, Associate Professor, History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania 

·         Ala Stanford, M.D., Founder, Black Doctors Consortium; Professor of Practice, Department of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences; Director of Community Outreach, Penn Institute for RNA Innovation; Research Associate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania 

The panel will be followed by a reception.

Registration link: https://www.library.upenn.edu/events/exploring-epidemics