The Role of Medicine During the Holocaust and its Contemporary Relevance: Countering Antisemitism in Medicine
Tuesday 28th January 2025 – 19:30 GMT (11:30 PT and 4:30 EST)
We are honoured that Dr Hedy Wald Clinical Professor in Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Medicine, Nazism, and the Holocaust Adjunct Professor, Oakland University School of Nursing has agreed to speak to the JMA (UK) webinar to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
Dr Wald will give us a historical overview, threading narratives of her teaching to German and US medical students with her narrative as a daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She will then discuss how this relates to the “echoes” of the Holocaust today.
Dr Hedy Wald
Dr. Hedy Wald is a renowned educator and speaker with roles at Brown University and the Lancet Holocaust Commission. She is a Gold Humanism Foundation Harvard Macy Scholar, Fulbright Specialist at Ben Gurion University, and Scholar-in-Residence at Oxford’s Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism. Dr. Wald lectures internationally on reflective writing to enhance professional identity, resilience, and wellbeing. She also researches and speaks on Medicine and the Holocaust, including as a UN Holocaust Outreach Programme panellist.
A cancer caregiver advocate, she has presented for the National Cancer Policy Forum and writes extensively on the family perspective. Her creative writing and commentary appear in prominent outlets like The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Jerusalem Post.
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