Society Regretfully Announces the Cancellation of its Panel at the American Association for the History of Medicine meeting in April.
An illness and an unavoidable schedule conflict encountered by two of our panelists force the withdrawal of our Panel on Navy Medicine in Vietnam. 1 March 2012.
Society Announces Its Graduate and Medical Professional Student Research Grant
The Society for the History of Navy Medicine Graduate and Medical Professional Student Research Grant
The Society for the History of Navy Medicine announces a new annual grant of up to $1500 for research in the history of naval or maritime medicine. The grant is intended to support work being done by a student enrolled in a program leading to a degree above the baccalaureate level in history, medical history or the medical professions.
The grant may be used for travel to a research site; photocopying, photography or microfilming; borrowing or access fees; and similar research-related expenses. Society membership is encouraged but is not required.
Applications, consisting of a 1250 – 1750 word project description and a project budget, should be submitted electronically, no later than 15 April, to the Society Executive Director at historyofnavymedicine@gmail.com. All submissions, marked with an identifying number only, will be reviewed by a panel of eminent historians. The winning submission will be announced by 1 July.
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Society to Mount a Luncheon Panel at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine on Friday 27 April
The Society for the History of Navy Medicine Announces its Sixth Annual Meeting and Papers Session in Baltimore During AAHM 26 – 29 April Gathering
Society Executive Director Tom Snyder recently received word from AAHM program chair Jole Shackleford that a luncheon panel time will be the venue for our 2012 Papers Session. The date: Friday, 27 April 2012. The location is yet to be determined. Themed “Navy Medicine in Vietnam”, our Session will feature speakers Bob Bramson, MD: Melioidosis in Vietnam Veterans; Jim Finnegan, MD: Combat Surgical Care in Khe Sanh; Jan Herman, MA (Historian, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U S Navy): Oral Histories of Navy Medicine in Vietnam. The Society will hold its Annual Meeting in conjunction with the panel. Details to be announced. Updated 17 December 2012
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Our Foundation Makes Grant to Navy Historical Foundation
$500 Gift to Assist the Navy Group Acquire Civil War Surgeon’s Ship Journal
The Naval Historical Foundation recently acquired the shipboard journal of Acting Assistant Surgeon Ezra Pay, during his service aboard U S Bark Fernandina in 1862. The NHF are currently scanning the document, after which, they will donate it to the Collection of the Historical Office, U S Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The Foundation and Society for the History of Navy Medicine are very proud to “play a role in preserving, commemorating and educating the American public about our proud naval history”.
©2011, 2012 The Society for the History of Navy Medicine Updated 14 February 2012
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