Research Interests: History of medicine; history of the body; medical humanities; global health; health policy.
Elleen Xue is an A.M. student in the Department of the History of Science. Her research traces how medical concepts such as qi, humors, and...
Research Interests: Medieval and early modern history, South Asia, premodern sciences and technology, Āyurveda, transregional circulation of knowledge, and Indic intellectual traditions and texts (śāstras).
Sri Sathvik Rayala is a Ph.D. student in the...
Research Interests: Incarceration and health; medicine and social control; health justice; infectious disease; citizenship, migration and belonging; politics of memory.
Alexandra Halberstam (she/her) is a MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School and...
Research Interests: History of medicine; medical humanities; health policy; global health; public health; science & technology studies; technology & society.
I completed A.B. and A.M. degrees in the History of Science and am now pursuing an M.D. at Weill...
Research Interests: History of biology; history of medicine; history of psychiatry; history of psychology; medical humanities; museum studies; public health; science policy.
Astrid Petropoulos completed an AM in the History of Science in May of 2025. Her...
Research Interests: History of medicine; health and the environment; history of public health; history of biology
Elizabeth Karron (she/her) is a PhD student in the History of Science Department at Harvard University. She specializes in the modern history...
Research Interests: History of psychiatry; history of diagnosis; medical anthropology; history of bioethics; philosophy of science; anthropology of ethics.
I completed an AM in History of Science in spring of 2025. I am a writer and medical doctor working...
Research Interests: History of biology and biotechnology; history of biochemistry and molecular biology; history of medicine and biomedical research; history of therapeutics; history of disability.
Amalia Sweet (she/her)is a PhD candidate in the History of...
Research Interests: History of surgery, science and technology studies, health inequity, medical education.
Alex completed an AM in History of Science degree and will return to Duke to complete an M.D. Broadly, Alex's research interests lie in the...
Research Interests: History of medicine; integrative practices of medicine; social history of medicine.
Eana is a MD student at Harvard Medical School and a PhD candidate in the Department of History of Science. She is committed to the dual practice of...
