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Art and Medicine

HEAL

presents Art and Medicine

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

A conversation with Artist Krista Machovina, Artist and Residence Ted Meyer,

Dr. Marcia Ciccone, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecoogy, Co-Director of the Genetics Program

Navigating cancer felt like I was playing a board game, one that made no sense, with no rules guaranteeing a win. Like the game of Clue, except I had NO CLUE: where this came from, how it would go, or what I should do to heal.”After a protracted bout of thyroid cancer in her 30’s, Krista received a second diagnosis in 2020; an extremely rare type of cervical cancer. After treatment, Krista’s art shifted, combining the two modes of her work into a checkerboard-like grid and evolving to incorporate imagery from board games, compartmentalizing and finding playful meaning in her experience.

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Lunch and Learn: Renée Rau

HEAL presents: Lunch and Learn

Quacks, Heroes, and Humans: A Short History of Physicians in Comics and Cartoons

A conversation with Renée Rau

 

Throughout the modern era physicians have been the subject of satirical cartoons, comic strips, and most recently Graphic Medicine. Ranging from the quack doctor, to post World War II heroes, to everyday people, the image and narratives surrounding ‘the physician’ has changed over time and reflects larger societal issues.

Biography:

Renée A. Rau, a Southern California native, earned a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree at San José State University (SJSU) in December 2020. In 2017, she earned an MA in 20th-century United States history, specializing in women’s and gender history, from Washington State University (WSU). She works as an Information Services Librarian at the Norris Medical Library and liaisons with the Keck School of Medicine. Her current research interests include Graphic Medicine, pathways to health sciences librarianship, and reproductive health information.

 

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Art and Medicine: Cathy Immordino

HEAL

presents Art and Medicine

A conversation with Artist Cathy Immordino, Artist and Residence Ted Meyer,

Dr. Sigita Cahoon MD Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

and Dr. Elizabeth Hur MD, Maternal Mental Health Fellow

 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 12:00 – 1:00pm 
Mayer Auditorium

No one ever told me about the dark side to pregnancy. The experience was always glossed over with deadly complications left undiscussed. I had always seen the happy soon-to-be mom preparing the nursery and smiling for the day to meet her child. Well, that’s not even close to how this played out. Somewhere between rare blood antigen complications and hospital germs, we both almost died.
 While masks are not required for this event, we ask that attendees, vaccinated or unvaccinated, consider wearing them for their own protection and the protection of others. Please note that protocols are subject to change.
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Fearing Fertility: The Undocumented, USC Medical Center, and Forced Sterilizations, 1968-1974.

George J. Sánchez is Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California (USC) and an award-winning scholar of Mexican American history and immigration. He is the author of Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles (Oxford, 1993) and the newly published Boyle Heights: How A Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American Democracy (California, 2021).  He was born in Boyle Heights to two immigrant parents from Mexico and is a first-generation college student, receiving his B.A. from Harvard College in 1981 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1989.