Durham University’s Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) awarded the Wellcome Discovery Research Platform Award

Led by Angela Woods (Director) and Ben Alderson-Day (Co-director), the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH) will tackle intellectual and practical barriers – of diversity, connection, risk, evidence and scale – faced in medical humanities research.

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Hamwe Announces its first Board of Advisors

During the first quarter of 2021 UGHE institutionalized Hamwe Festival and other arts in health activities, that transitioned from project in incubation to a university department. To support the new department in the achievement of its mission, UGHE will put a board of external advisors in place. The role of the board will be to support the growth of the festival, extend its reach and contribution to identifying innovative perspectives and creative solutions in global heath.

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Virtual Symposium: Finding Joy in Healthcare in Africa – Call for Papers (CFP), Due 4 Aug

A virtual symposium hosted by the Medical Humanities program at WiSER (university of the Witwatersrand), in conjunction with the Medical and Health Humanities Africa network and the Primary Health Care Directorate (University of Cape Town). The symposium will take place from the 19th October to 13 November 2020.

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