Mission Statement

"Und es moege nun seyn, dass der Geist der Zukunft auf uns, oder unser Geist auf die Zukunft hinauswirke.  –  Mein Geist ahnet die Zukunft."
                                                                                                                           (Johann Gottfried Herder, 1797) 

The Program in the History of Medicine & Health Care at the University of Calgary is an active group of faculty teaching and researching in the history of medicine and the health sciences. The Program's aims are:

To attract students and faculty from interdisciplinary backgrounds and cross-departmental affiliation to engage in and contribute to the Program's activities and events and to provide them with an inspiring and compassionate atmosphere in which to develop their educational aims, learning skills and professional life;

To develop and expand the profile and standing of the Program within medical and interdisciplinary communities engaging in historical research and teaching medicine and health care across Canada and abroad;

To relate to the university, the local community and the public at large explaining and interpreting topics from the history of medicine, the life sciences and neuroscience and to build bridges of understanding and contextualization regarding modern biomedical developments and respective applications in social environments;

To conduct interdisciplinary teaching and research in the Faculty of Medicine and beyond by integrating views from the History and Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology Studies, Cultural and Media Studies and various other fields bordering on questions of body, life, health technologies, physicianship and patient well-being in human societies.

Online Publications – A list of publications by Dr. Stahnisch is also available to view online in the University of Calgary Institutional Repository – (https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/47274/browse-title)

     - Further publications can be found in: UofC Local Collections & Scholarly Resources, Pubmed and Google Scholar. - 

Program Chair:
Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch - biography, (including research interests), publications & talks and lectures
Associate Professor, AMF/Hannah Professorship in the History of Medicine & Health Care
Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of History
TRW Building, Room 3E41
University of Calgary
3280 Hospital Drive N.W.Calgary, AB Canada T2N 4Z6 

Administrative Coordinator,
History of Medicine & Health Care Course and Conference
Beth Cusitar
TRW Building, Room 3D25-4
3280 Hospital Drive N.W.Calgary, AB Canada T2N 4Z6

Beth Cusitar - bio link
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch (Research/Academic) 
Department of Community Health Sciences, TRW Bldg. 3D25-4, University of Calgary
3280 Hospital Drive N.W.Calgary, AB Canada T2N 4Z6

Program Co-Chair:
Dr. Melanie Stapleton - (bio including research interests & pubs) - bio link
Chair, Capsule Endoscopy Committee
GI Division, Clinic 2, Peter Lougheed Centre
3500 - 26 Avenue NE Calgary, AB, Canada T1Y 6J4

Adjunct Research Associate:
Dr. Lisa Petermann - (bio including research interests & pubs) - bio link 
Primary Prevention Action Group, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
1 University Ave., Suite 300 Toronto, ON, Canada M5J 2P1

Telephone: 403-698-8146  E-mail:  lisa [dot] petermann [at] partnershipagainstcancer [dot] ca  Fax: 403-270-7307

Adjunct Research Associate:
Dr. Robert Lampard -
12-2640 Highway 11, Red Deer County, Alberta
T4E 1A3 Canada

Telephone: 403-346-0331   j [dot] robert [dot] lampard [at] gmail [dot] com  Fax:  430-270-7307

Adjunct Research Associate:
Dr. Susan McMahon -
c/o 3D24-4, Department of Community Health Sciences, TRW Building
3280 Hospital Dve N.W., Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6 Canada
Telephone: 403-366-6666  susan [dot] mcmahon [at] shaw [dot] ca  Fax: 430-270-7307

Project Research Assistant:
Kerry Sheng-Sun - (BA Student in History, University of Toronto)  - bio link
Contact through: Beth Cusitar, Department of Community Health Sciences, TRW Building, Room 3D25-4, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 4Z6

Telephone: 403-210-2640  E-mail:  kerryshengsun [at] hotmail [dot] com  Fax: 403-270-7307

Dr. Stahnisch's Homepage at the University of California, Berkeley:

Office for History of Science and Technology, 543 Stephens Hall # 2350, Berkeley, CA http://ohst.berkeley.edu/people/ohst_visitingScholars/stahnisch.html