October 21, 2024
Understanding Carville and Hansen’s (Mycobacterium leprae) disease treatment in the U.S. through historical fiction
Watch the recorded presentation on YouTube below.
Wendy Chin-Tanner's King of the Armadillos "explores immigration, illness and opportunity through the story of a teenage immigrant who is diagnosed with Hansen’s disease". The New York Times
A novel ... following one young man’s quest to survive an often-misunderstood disease, and find love, music, and himself, in the process. -Wendy Chin-Tanner
Learn more about Wendy Chin-Tanner and purchase her book: Wendy Chin-Tanner | Author - Home
March 22, 2024
The Black Angels; The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis.
Watch the recorded presentation on YouTube below.
In her first book, Smilios paints an indelible portrait of an era when this untreatable bane killed one American every 11 minutes. Others have covered this territory before. But this account breaks new ground by recovering the forgotten heroics of a corps of Black women who stepped into a void that no one else would fill. ~ New York Times Book Review
The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival.
Learn more and purchase a copy of The Black Angels at MariaSmilios.com.
October 18 & 19, 2023
University Bookstore
Vidya Krishnan, Independent Journalist
Phantom Plague; How TB Shaped History
Moderated by Dr. Chetan Seshadri, UW
Hans Rosling Center
Vidya Krishnan, Independent Journalist
Plagues, Philanthropies and the End of Imagination hosted by School of Public Health and Department of Global Health. Focused on medical apartheid and how it heavily affects black and brown communities across the globe.
