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Welcome to Dr Georgia Punton

Welcome to Dr Georgia Punton, who joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute for Medical Humanities
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Welcome to Becca Doggwiler

The Institute for Medical Humanities welcomes Becca Doggwiler, who joins us as Digital and Communications Officer in the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Welcome to Alona Snisarenko

Welcome to Alona Snisarenko, who joins us as an administrator in the Discovery Research Platform’s Operations Team
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Welcome to Yundi Guo

A warm welcome to Yundi Guo who joins the Institute for Medical Humanities as General Administrator
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Welcome to Veenu Gupta

A warm welcome to Veenu Gupta who joins the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities as an Assistant Professor in Lived Experience.
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Akiko Hart appointed permanent Director of Liberty

Akiko Hart, IMH Professor in Practice and Co-Applicant on our Discovery Research Platform, is now in a permanent position as the Director of Liberty.
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Welcoming Tony Sumner to the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities

We are delighted to welcome Tony Sumner, who joins us as a Curatorial Fellow in Narrative Practices on the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Durham University Global Research Brochure

Our interdisciplinary health research features in Durham’s Global Research Brochure
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The Lancet: Art of Medicine

Announcing a collection of articles on interdisciplinary entanglements in the medical humanities in The Lancet.
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New Lancet Commission on Self-harm

IMH researcher and Narrative Practices Lab co-lead Veronica Heney has contributed to a new report calling for urgent global action on self-harm.
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Medical Humanities International Summer School 2024

We warmly invite applications to our Medical Humanities International Summer School (9-11 September 2024, Vadstena, Sweden) coordinated by the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Linköping University in collaboration with Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities.
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Would you like to become a Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities?

We warmly invite expressions of interest from Durham University staff and postgraduate students who would like to become a Fellow of the IMH.
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