💻This will be a (mostly) Zoom virtual event, augmented by Sophya Spaces
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Religious Studies | Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine
Dr. Amster is an interdisciplinary historical scholar of the Islamic world, medicine, France, science, and gender. Dr. Amster is interested in scientific modernity in Western and Islamic thought, women’s histories, public health, and citizenship.
Her health history research revolves around “the public” in a history of modern public health, from the French revolution to post-colonial global health. She teaches for the Michael DeGroote School of Medicine, the Masters of Public Health Program, and the Bachelor of Health Sciences program. For the BHSC program, she teaches the history of public health.
Abstracts have been selected for this session.
This is a joint program being offered by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Office of Continuing Professional Development (Program for Faculty Development), and McMaster Education Research, Innovation, and Theory (MERIT).
Read more about our organizing committee here.