The Health, Medicine and Society program offers a minor composed of courses with social science and humanities perspectives on health and illness. An interdisciplinary group of faculty created HMS to serve students who wish to contribute to any of the wide variety of health care professions, including administration, care-giving, policy, and research in multiple fields. In addition to a range of courses, the program hosts speakers and events designed to deepen the university and local communities’ understanding of U.S. and global health issues.
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On September 20 Dr. Davis will offer a lecture as part of the HMS 2011-12 Speaker Series, “Women & Health.” Her lecture, “Cutting to the Core: The Ethics of Male and Female Genital Alteration” derives from her work as a bioethical consultant to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Dr. Davis advised the organization on a policy statement about female and male genital cutting. She will also speak to the problems of male genital cutting and how society has not framed it as an issue. Currently, there are no laws against performing male circumcision without medical licenses. Without proper statistics, there is no way to tell how often it is happening. For the complete story see our "In The News" page.
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Grants for Experiential Learning in Health (GELH)
If you are looking to gain experience in the health field, then this opportunity is one you should consider! Together, the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, and Engineering are making grant funds available to undergraduate students with at least sophomore standing. Individuals can apply for funding up to $4000 and groups up to $6000 to pursue research or work experiences in the natural sciences (e.g., bioengineering; biological research), the social sciences (e.g., history of medicine; health policy; hospital finances and management), or the humanities (e.g., bioethics; narrative; art). The intent of this program is to give students an opportunity to develop and experience a unique learning activity that will broaden and deepen their knowledge of some aspect of health or healthcare. To apply http://cas.lehigh.edu/casweb/gelh. Please check this website for application deadlines for the 2012 GELH awards.
The following HMS students received GELH awards for 2011:
Jill Anne Ireland- Created a mobile health fair that travels to as many Bethlehem schools as financially possible with Hilary Raub and Annie Suh
Ainsley Timmel- Will work with a team of medical researchers at Rush University Center in Chicago. The team is developing a non-invasive system of measuring blood flow to other organ systems
Adrienne Viola- Will work with St. Luke's Hospital and the city of Bethlehem to create a Health Leads Clinic at Broughal Middle School. Health Leads is a program that takes an innovative approach to health care, providing patients with help for all aspects of their lives, including affordable housing, employment, insurance and healthy food choices.
National Public Health Week
The HMS Program and St. Luke's Hospital have joined together to celebrate National Public Health Week by creating an award which is given annually to a Lehigh University student who has excelled in the area of public health. This award – the Outstanding Public Health Student Award- is presented to a student for outstanding commitment and dedication to the field of public health as evidenced by community service efforts.
The award was presented this year to:
Caroline Kusi
To declare an HMS minor, fill out this form: Health, Medicine, & Society Declaration Form and contact Sherry Buss in the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, 490 Maginnes Hall, slb9@lehigh.edu, 610-758-5546.
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