About Health Humanities

The UCSF Center for Health Humanities supports projects with a mission to enhance our understanding of the human response to disease and suffering, to deepen the interpretive skills of health professionals, to situate medicine in its broader social and cultural context, and to improve the delivery of health care.

Faculty Advisors

Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Medicine
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Elena Conis, PhD
Professor
School of Journalism
UC Berkeley

Brian Dolan, PhD
Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
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Sandra Eder, PhD
Professor
Department of History
UC Berkeley

Polina Ilieva, PhD
Archivist
UCSF Library
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Aimee Medeiros, PhD
Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
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Zakheim Murals, Biddy Mason Panel — A selection from The History of Medicine in California by Bernard Zakheim, a collection of murals that decorated the old UC Hall amphitheater and whose creators hoped would strengthen bonds between medicine and art.