An annual award is given by the Society for the best research paper on a history of medicine related topic by a Pittsburgh based medical student. All lectures are videotaped and available to Society members. The optional accompanying dinner is in the UPMC Conference Center. The Handerson Medical History Society of the Dittrick Medical History Center meets about six times a year. The Fall schedule of society meetings and lectures will be announced during the summer.
Membership is open to anyone interested in the history of medicine.
The lectures are free and open to the public. For information on membership in the Society, call or write to the Dittrick Medical History Center . The Ohio Academy of Medical History meets once a year to hear papers on the history of medicine, particularly in Ohio. Membership is open to anyone interested in the subject. The 1998 meeting will be in Cleveland at the Dittrick Medical History Center.