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Susan C. Lawrence, Ph.D.


Associate Professor, Department of History
and Anatomy/Cell Biology

History office:
   306 Schaeffer Hall

   319-353-2308
Program office:

   1-108 Medical Education Building 
   Iowa City, IA 52242-1190
   319-353-4681
   E-mail: susan-lawrence@uiowa.edu

Education:

  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, M.A. and Ph.D.
  • Pomona College, Claremont, CA. Mathematics, B.A.

Teaching Activities:

  • History of Medicine in Western Society (2006) 
  • Doctors in Film (2006)
  • History of the Body (Graduate course, History)
  • Western Civilization III (History)
  • Teaching History at the College Level (Graduate course, History)
  • Lecture: The Social Context of Human Dissection, FCP I
  • Laboratory faculty: Medical Gross Anatomy (2001-2005)

Research Interests:

  • History of human dissection in medical education, 1500-present
  • History of anatomy as visual and tactile knowledge
  • History of medicine in Iowa
  • The implications of HIPAA for historical research

Recent Publications:

  • "Access Anxiety: HIPAA and Historical Research," under review at the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, July 2006 (15,000 words)
  • "Anatomy, Histology, cytology," in John Pickstone and Peter Bowler, eds. Earth, Life and Bio-Medical Sciences, 1800-2000. Cambridge History of Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press. 2006 (10,000 words)
  • "Iowa Physicians: Legitimacy, Institutions and the Practice of Medicine. Part 2: Putting Science into Practice," The Annals of Iowa 63 (Winter 2004), 1-62.
  • "Iowa Physicians: Legitimacy, Institutions and the Practice of Medicine. Part 1: Establishing a Professional Identity, 1833-1886," Annals of Iowa 62 (Spring 2003), 1-47.
  • "Beyond the grave -- The Use and Meaning of Human Body Parts: A Historical Introduction." Pp. 111-142 in Stored Tissue Samples: Ethical, Legal, and Public Policy Implications, ed. Robert Weir. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1998.
  • "Anatomy and Address: Creating Medical Gentlemen in Eighteenth Century London," in The History of Medical Education in Britain, ed. Vivian Nutton and Roy Porter. Amsterdam: Rodolpi, 1995.
  • "Medical Education," pp. 1151-1179 in Encyclopaedia of the History of Medicine, W. F. Bynum and Roy Porter, eds. London: Routledge, 1994.
  • Charitable Knowledge: Hospital Pupils and Practitioners in Eighteenth Century London (Cambridge University Press, 1996).

Current Project:

  • In the process of revision for publication in the Annals of Iowa, "Iowa Physicians: Legitimacy, Institutions and the Practice of Medicine. Part 3: [subtitle to come] 1928-1950"

University Service:

  • College of Medicine, Admissions Office. Faculty interviewer for applicants to the College, Fall 1999-present. Approximately 20 hours service, Spring 2000-Fall 2001
  • Coordinator, UI History of Medicine Society, 1990-present
  • Graduate Council, Graduate College, 2004-2007:Elected member-at-large
  • Presiding Officer, Faculty Judicial Commission, July 2003-July 2006
  • Arts & Humanities Initiative Grants, panel reviewer, Spring 2006
  • Graduate College, Dissertation Fellowships (Social Sciences) committee, Spring 2006
  • Planning Committee, 2nd annual Ethics Education workshop held May 12, 2005 (Jan-May, 2005)
  • Graduate College, Dissertation Fellowships (Social Sciences) committee, Spring 2005
  • Graduate College Mentor Award committee, Fall 2004
  • Carver College of Medicine review committee for the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education, Ausust 2003-March 2004
  • Center for Teaching, Committee to revise the TA Handbook, 2001-2002
  • Communities Naming Committe, July 2001-January 2002. Wrote biographies for Jennie McCowen and Walter Bierring
  • Ad-Hoc Committee on Teaching Academies for Faculty Senate, November 2001-May 2002
  • Council on Teaching/Faculty Council joint subcommittee on Faculty Teaching Awards, Fall 1999
  • Council on Teaching, August 1998-May 2001: Chair, 2000-2001
  • John Martin Rare Book Room Advisory Committee, Fall 1998 - dissolved 2001
  • Faculty Senate, Tenured Group II representative, 1997-2000

Professional Service:

  • American Association of Anatomists (member)
  • American Association fo rthe History of Medicine (member)
  • History of Science Society (member)
  • Peer reviewer for: Anesthesiology, Isis, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Medical History: National Endowment for the Humanities, Wellcome Trust (UK); Rutgers University Press; Harvard University Press, Yale University Press, University of Illinois Press (1989-present, various)
  • American Association for the History of Medicine, Lifetime Achievement Award Committee, 2006-2007
  • NIH/National Library of Medicine, panel chair, Publication Grants, History of Medicine, Feb. 3, 2006
  • NIH/National Library of Medicine, panel reviewer, Publication Grants, History of Medicine, June 24, Nov. 18, 2005
  • Grant reviewer, Wellcome Trust, May 2005
  • American Association for the History of Medicine: Garrison Lecture committee, 2004-05
  • Jackson Prize Comittee, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 2004.
  • NIH/National Library of Medicine, panel reviewer, Publication Grants, History of Medicine, September 27, 2004
  • Grant reviewer, Wellcome Trust, April 2004
  • Webmaster, American Association for the History of Medicine website (www.histmed.org) May 2000-May 2004
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, panelist reviewer, special topics: history of medicine, history of science, philosophy of sciences, Spring 2003
  • American Association of the History of Medicine: Council, 1999-2002
  • Contributing Editor, Medical Crosssfire, A Journal of Debates, Peer Exchange and Insights in Medicine, March 1999-April 2000
  • NIH panel review member for the History of Medicine, 1998-2001.This five-member panel reviewed all applications from all fields within the history of medicine for R01 grants. In late 2001, the review process was revised and shifted into the National Library of Medicine's direct purview. Reviewers are now chosen panel by panel and not by three-year appointments.

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