Pain with a "Psychogenic Overlay": Gender, Race and the Political Ethics of Pain Relief in the U.S.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021. 4:00 - 5:20 pm
Speaker
Keith Wailoo
Event Sponsor(s)
Department of Communication, Program in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences Program, Center for African Studies, Center for Innovation in Global Health, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Center for South Asia, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Bioengineering, African & African American Studies, Program in Human Biology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of, Science, Technology and Society, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), Department of Anthropology
Location
ONLINE-ONLY EVENT. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. EVENT LIMITED TO STANFORD STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF WITH A STANFORD EMAIL ADDRESS.
Pain with a "Psychogenic Overlay": Gender, Race and the Political Ethics of Pain Relief in the U.S.

Keith Andrew Wailoo is Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University where he teaches in the Department of History and the School of Public and International Affairs. He is former Chair of the Department of History, the former Vice Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, and current President of the American Association for the History of Medicine.  He is an award-winning author on drugs and drug policy; race, science, and health; genetics and society; and history of medicine, disease, health policy and medical affairs in the U.S.