Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplin

简介(申请人提供)：2009年，医学人类学学科将迎来成立50周年。医学人类学被广泛地定义为研究跨越时间和文化背景的健康、疾病和医疗保健。在过去的50年里，医学人类学领域一直专注于人类面临的许多最紧迫的问题，包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病、孕产妇和婴儿死亡率、儿童生存、政治暴力和创伤等全球流行病，以及全球化医疗技术的伦理和道德层面。从一开始，医学人类学就被描述为一门综合性学科，与健康科学、社会科学和人文科学进行了卓有成效的互动。2009年10月，密歇根大学的教职员工将与医学人类学学会共同主办一场为期三天的国际会议，旨在庆祝医学人类学的成就和跨学科。这场名为《十字路口的医学人类学：庆祝跨学科50周年》的会议将在密歇根大学校园举行。这次会议将汇集密歇根大学从事医学人类学和相关学科工作的教职员工和学生，以及包括医学人类学学会成员在内的全球医学人类学家社区。通过全体会议、小组讨论和海报展示，这次会议将讨论医学人类学家和他们的跨学科同事正在研究的一些关键交叉领域。这些领域包括：全球公共卫生、科学和技术研究、遗传学和基因组学、生物伦理学、公共政策、社会工作、职业科学和残疾研究、医学史、性别研究和领域研究。作为一门考虑健康和疾病的更广泛的社会和文化背景的学科，医学人类学在理解和解决当今时代最紧迫的公共卫生问题方面可以发挥至关重要的作用。通过汇聚医学人类学家及其相关学科的同事，“交叉路口的医学人类学：庆祝跨学科50周年”会议将为在全球和地方范围内制定新的跨学科公共卫生战略提供一个重要场所。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 2009, the discipline of Medical Anthropology will celebrate 50 years of existence. Medical Anthropology is broadly defined as the study of health, illness and health care through time and across cultural settings. Over the past 50 years, the field of Medical Anthropology has focused on many of the most pressing issues facing humanity including global pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, maternal and infant mortality, child survival, political violence and trauma, and the ethical and moral dimensions of globalizing medical technologies. From its inception, Medical Anthropology has been described as a synthetic discipline, engaging fruitfully with health sciences, social sciences and the humanities. In October of 2009, faculty at the University of Michigan, in conjunction with Society for Medical Anthropology, will host a three day international conference devoted to celebrating both the accomplishments and the interdisciplinary of Medical Anthropology. This conference, "Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity" will be held on the University of Michigan campus. The conference will bring together University of Michigan faculty and students working in Medical Anthropology and related disciplines, as well as a global community of medical anthropologists, including members of the Society for Medical Anthropology. Through plenary sessions, panel discussions and poster presentations, this conference will address some of the key areas of intersection that medical anthropologists and their cross-disciplinary colleagues are working on. These areas include: global public health, science and technology studies, genetics and genomics, bioethics, public policy, social work, occupational science and disability studies, medical history, gender studies and area studies. As a discipline that considers the broader social and cultural context of health and illness, Medical Anthropology can play a vital role in understanding and addressing the most pressing public health concerns of our current era. By bringing together a community of medical anthropologists and their colleagues from related disciplines, the conference "Medical Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity" will provide an important venue for developing new interdisciplinary public health strategies in both a global and local context.