31. Science Communication and Open Scholarship Panel (59:53)

Date:
2022-09-29
Main contributors:
Longtin, Krista J., Cale, Andrew
Summary:
Virtual panel discussion featuring Krista J. Longtin, PhD (Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, IU School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Communication Studies, IUPUI School of Liberal Arts) and Andrew Cale (PhD Student, Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, IU School of Medicine). Moderated by Jere Odell (Scholarly Communications Librarian, IUPUI University Library) and sponsored by the IUPUI Community for Open Research and Education. This panel discussion explores the importance, benefits, and challenges of communicating scholarly research to a wide public audience. Panelists and participants share their experience using open access as one tool to increase public understanding of scientific research.

32. Leaders and Leadership (1:03:00)

Date:
2022-09-08
Main contributors:
Grossman, Robert I.
Summary:
Inaugural Stephen P. Bogdewic Lectureship in Medical Leadership delivered by Robert I. Grossman, MD (Dean and Professor of Radiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physiology at New York University School of Medicine and CEO of Langone Health) on September 8, 2022. The Stephen P. Bogdewic Lectureship in Medical Leadership was established to honor the contributions of Stephen P. Bogdewic, PhD, who retired in 2019 after 30 years with IU School of Medicine. The annual Bogdewic lecture aims to bring outstanding leaders to IU School of Medicine to share their insights, building on Bogdewic’s “legacy of leadership development by promoting and cultivating a leadership mindset.”

33. Man, Descending: Eugenics in Indiana and Germany (1:20:00)

Date:
2022-04-14
Main contributors:
Gunderman, Richard B.
Summary:
Lecture delivered by Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD (Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies, Indiana University) on April 14, 2022. Eugenicists in the United States, building on the scientific breakthroughs of Charles Darwin and others, aimed to protect the human gene pool by preventing so-called “inferior” human beings from reproducing. What they unleashed, however, was a terrible tide of dehumanization and inhumanity, both in Indiana and in Europe. The lessons of their efforts, though difficult to contemplate, must never be forgotten. This lecture is part of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics Dr. William S. Silvers Holocaust, Genocide, and Contemporary Bioethics Lectureship and was co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. The purpose of the Silvers Lectureship is to offer space annually for physicians and other community leaders to consider the impact of their work and apply the ethical lessons of the Holocaust. The lectureship strives to focus healthcare workers on the morality of their actions and to ground contemporary conflicts in the lessons of history.

34. Research Misconduct and the Origins of Institutional Review Boards in the U.S. (1:00:00)

Date:
2022-02-23
Main contributors:
Schneider, William H.
Summary:
Lecture presented by William H. Schneider, PhD (Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Program in Medical Humanities, IUPUI) on February 23, 2022. This talk examines the historical developments that shaped the conduct and regulation of medical research in the United States. Dr. Schneider discusses the ways in which the communication of scientific results have changed, and how those changes ensured the validity of results and prompted efforts to ensure the safety of research participants. He also points to how increased public awareness of and government funding for research contributed to more extensive regulation of research practices. Dr. Schneider also explores how Henry K. Beecher’s 1966 article “Ethics and Clinical Research” exposed research misconduct after the Nuremberg Code and Declaration of Helsinki and led to the creation of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to ensure medical research is conducted ethically. This lecture is part of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics Translational Research Ethics: Applied Topics (TREATs) seminar series and was co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.

35. Primary Blast Trauma and the Historical Case Report of the Crew of the H.L. Hunley (57:02)

Date:
2022-02-10
Main contributors:
Lance, Rachel
Summary:
Lecture presented by Rachel Lance, PhD (Assistant Consulting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University) on February 10, 2022. This lecture was part of the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute Seminar Series and was co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. This talk examines the deaths of the crew members of the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley as a case study of blast trauma injury patterns. The lungs are the most easily injured organs in a blast and often drive the overall risk level of the exposure. Dr. Lance discusses the developing topic of blast neurotrauma and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that so frequently affects today’s veterans. The pulmonary and neurological risk of blast trauma to the crew of the Hunley formed a portion of Lance’s doctoral research on underwater blast trauma, and her experiments on the topic are described in her 2020 book: In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine.

36. The Strange History of Bacteriophage Therapy: Re-emergence of a Forgotten Cure (1:00:00)

Date:
2021-11-11
Main contributors:
Strathdee, Steffanie A., 1966-
Summary:
Lecture presented by Steffanie Strathdee, PhD (Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Distinguished Professor, University of California San Diego Department of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics) on November 11, 2021. This lecture was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing global health issues of the 21st century and is worsening with the COVID-19 pandemic. With existing antibiotics losing potency and limited classes of antibiotics in the pipeline, alternatives are needed to battle multi-drug resistant bacterial infections ("superbugs"). Through the lens of her family’s personal experience with a deadly superbug infection, Dr. Strathdee’s presentation focuses on the medical history of viruses that attack bacteria (bacteriophage, or phage) and how they have been used to treat superbug infections for over 100 years. Dr. Strathdee also discusses the reasons why bacteriophage therapy fell out of favor in the West (drawing from research conducted by medical historian Dr. William Summer), recent advances in phage therapy that led to the founding of the first dedicated phage therapy institute in North America (IPATH), and the role of her family’s case in the process.

37. A Cultural Biography of the Prostate (56:55)

Date:
2021-10-27
Main contributors:
Johnson, Ericka, 1973-
Summary:
Lecture presented by Ericka Johnson (Professor of Gender and Society, Linköping University, Sweden) on October 27, 2021. This event was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. The prostate is the source of physical suffering and anxiety – anxiety about cancer and death, of course, but also erections and urination. It is intimately intertwined with what it means to be a man. Drawing on historical and modern sources, interviews with doctors and patients, medical texts, and cultural images of the prostate, Dr. Johnson's talk examines the history of prostate treatments, how it is treated today, what patients are met by when they seek care, and what medical technologies (including the PSA test) do to men worried about their prostate health. Her research stems from an interdisciplinary, medical humanities project conducted at Linköping University, Sweden.

39. Disappearing Heroes: A Look into Early Black Physicians in Indianapolis and How the Disappearance... (58:30)

Date:
2021-04-30
Main contributors:
Hill, Jamel G.
Summary:
Lecture delivered by Jamel Hill (4th Year Student, IU School of Medicine) on April 30, 2021. This event was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. It has been well documented that the number of Black Male Physicians has been declining since the 1970s. Few novel solutions to this societal problem have mitigated its effects on increasing the number of Black Male Physicians and improving healthcare disparities for black communities. This talk serves to illustrate those historical figures who had to endure nearly insufferable conditions to become physicians in Indianapolis, Indiana during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dr. Joseph Ward (1872-1956), Dr. Sumner Furniss (1874-1953) and Dr. Clarence Lucas Sr. (1884-1967) were all vital in laying the foundation for a once thriving black community. In addition to these great men, it also took a lot of support and collaboration to build the facilities that they were forced to provide care in due to systemic racism and segregation. These often-forgotten heroes and hospitals can serve as heroes and inspiration for future aspiring physicians.

40. Advancing Innovation in Medicine: Expanding the Physician’s Toolbox (02:54)

Date:
2021-04-22
Main contributors:
Guckien, Zoe, Woloshuk, Andre, Patel, Neal, Sivaprakasam, Andrew, Warrick, Adam, Garcia, Luis
Summary:
Introduction/Background: Health care professionals and health professions students are at the forefront of patient care and therefore witness patients’ unmet clinical needs on a daily basis. However, health professionals and students often lack the tools, training, or opportunity to solve these problems. Medical education rightfully prepares medical students to be skillful clinicians, but lacks curriculum to foster entrepreneurial and innovative skill sets that are increasingly important in the evolving medical landscape. Study Objective: The Advancing Innovation In Medicine (AIM) student group was founded with the goal of providing an outlet for students with an interest in medical innovation to gain hands-on experience for future careers as physician-innovators. Methods: AIM uses a two-fold approach to engage its members, including yearly longitudinal innovation projects and instructional workshops. Longitudinal innovation projects are intended to develop skill sets in 1) problem identification 2) brainstorming/ideation 3) idea validation and 4) prototyping. Instructional workshops are planned to provide students with complementary, practical knowledge to support future ventures in topics such as circuit analysis, 3D printing, intellectual property, customer discovery, and career development. Results: Innovation projects allow for interactive collaboration on real-world health care problems identified through AIM members and physician partners at IUSM. In the 2019-2020 academic year, AIM members ideated, prototyped, and presented a neonatal resuscitation device to address inefficiency and design flaws in currently available technology. Example past instructional sessions include 3D printing and circuit analysis workshops to build skills directly applicable to longitudinal projects. Additional workshops in topics such as an entrepreneurial careers in medicine panel and a how-to-brainstorm seminar were conducted to prepare members for their future careers. Conclusions: By engaging students in this innovation-centered curriculum, AIM’s goal is to empower its members to address health care problems at early stages in their careers and use their passion and curiosity to impact the future of health care. In the future, AIM hopes to form partnerships with academic and healthcare institutions across Indiana to create multi-disciplinary student design teams to tackle health care problems and foster innovative thinking within medical education.