Inaugural Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care with Dr. David R. Williams – “Social Inequities in Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Contemporary Christianity”
Goodson Chapel 407 Chapel Drive, Durham, NCDr. David R. Williams is the Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His prior faculty appointments were at Yale University and the University of
TMC Seminar (Online): “The Science of the Good Samaritan” with Dr. Emily R. Smith
WebinarDr. Emily Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine/Surgery at Duke University and an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. Her research interests include pediatric global surgery, health economics, and advocacy with research sites across sub-Saharan Africa. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she started a Facebook
TMC Seminar (Online): “Health Equity is Not a Spectator Sport: A Radical Rerooting Using a Three Trees Analogy” with Abraham Nussbaum, MD, MTS
WebinarAbraham M. Nussbaum, MD, MTS is the Chief Education Officer at Denver Health, an academic safety net system, and a Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He earned a medical degree and completed psychiatry residency at the University of North Carolina, and
TMC Seminar (Online): “Racism: Driver of Health Disparities, Outlier in Our Theology of Illness” with Jason Ashe, MDiv, ThM
WebinarRacism: Driver of Health Disparities, Outlier in Our Theology of Illness
TMC Seminar (Online): “Can We Live Together? The Crisis of Journalism in America” with Emma Green, Journalist
WebinarCan We Live Together? The Crisis of Journalism in America
TMC Seminar (Online): “ ‘Many are Called…?’ Medicine as Ministry to Poor and Marginalized Communities“ with Daisey Dowell, MD
WebinarDr. Dowell received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Loyola University and later, her Medical Degree from the University of Illinois after which she completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Chicago. Dr. Dowell currently serves as a primary care physician and Site Medical Director at the Homan Square branch of the
Conference on Medicine and Religion
The Blackwell Inn and Pfahl Conference CenterThe annual Conference on Medicine and Religion is a leading forum for discourse and scholarship at the intersection of medicine and religion. It exists to enable health professionals and scholars to gain a deeper and more practical understanding of how religion relates to the practice of medicine, with particular attention to the traditions of Judaism,
TMC Seminar (Online): “Living out an Intentional Theology of Faithful Presence in Medicine” with James Rusthoven, MD, MHSc, PhD
WebinarJames Rusthoven is a medical oncologist, bioethicist, and Professor emeritus of Oncology at McMaster University. He received a PhD in theology from Trinity College, University of Bristol in the UK, working on expanding a covenantal ethical framework for medicine. Dr Rusthoven is also a fellow of the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology, Cambridge,
Catena Lecture in Medicine, Faith, & Service with Dr. Russell E. White
Goodson Chapel 407 Chapel Drive, Durham, NCShalom: A Ministry of Reconciliation in Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa Thursday, March 30, 2023, 5:30pm Goodson Chapel, Duke Divinity School Free & Open to the Public ~ Reception to Follow Dr. Russ White was born in the Belgian Congo to medical missionary parents. He attended Roberts Wesleyan College, the University of Michigan School of Medicine,
TMC Seminar (Online): “Beauty Will Heal the World?” with Brewer Eberly, MD, MACS
WebinarBrewer Eberly is a third-generation family physician working at Fischer Clinic in Raleigh, North Carolina. He completed his family medicine residency and chief residency at AnMed Health in Anderson, South Carolina. He is a McDonald Agape Fellow in the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School, having completed the Theology, Medicine, & Culture