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Register Now: Reproductive Ethics Conference

The Ninth Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference will take place in Galveston Jan. 9 and 10, 2025. The goal of this conference is to explore the range of topics addressed in reproductive ethics. We welcome individuals from all professional fields to create a rich and robust discussion. We are seeking abstracts for individual presentations, 3-4 person panels, and posters. View the flier linked below for more information.


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In April of 1970, both The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston sponsored the symposium "Humanism in Medicine" that would help shape and give impetus to the new institute that would emerge at UTMB in 1973. This new institute would be dedicated to medicine and the humanities.

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Dr. Stephen Molldrem and collaborator Dr. Anthony K J Smith publish article in Social Studies of Science

Dec 14, 2023, 08:00 AM by Marisela Sifuentes

In a recent article in Social Studies of Science, IBHH Assistant Professor Dr. Stephen Molldrem and Dr. Anthony K J Smith (UNSW Sydney) conceptualize “health policy counterpublics.” Molldrem and Smith define health policy counterpublics as “temporally bounded socio-political forms that aim to cultivate particular modes of conduct, generally to resist trajectories set by arms of the state.” They describe the emergence and influence of a health policy counterpublic that arose in response to US molecular HIV surveillance and cluster detection and response programs, which have been implemented nationally since 2018. The article contributes to theories of health policymaking and social movement dynamics around contested biomedical innovations and their application in public health programs. Social Studies of Science is a leading journal in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

The article is available open access; the full citation is: Molldrem, Stephen, and Anthony K J Smith. “Health Policy Counterpublics: Enacting Collective Resistances to US Molecular HIV Surveillance and Cluster Detection and Response Programs.” Social Studies of Science, December 6, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127231211933.