Howard Markel
George E Wantz M.D. Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Director Academic Program, Center for the History of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Health Management and Policy
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Howard Markel
Director, Academic Program
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  • Recent Publications
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    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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    • Book
      A History of the National Academy of Medicine: 50 Years of Transformational Leadership (2022)
      Hammonds E, Markel H, Rosner D, Stevens R, Destefano LH, Schultz A, Berkowitz E. 2023 Jan 1; 1 - 242. DOI:10.17226/26708
    • Journal Article
      Forgetting pandemics may be hazardous to your health
      Markel H. The Lancet, 2022 Aug 27; 400 (10353): 652 - 653. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01577-X
    • Journal Article
      Politics, Pushback, and Pandemics: Challenges to Public Health Orders in the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
      Navarro JA, Markel H. Am J Public Health, 2021 Mar; 111 (3): 416 - 422. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305958
      PMID: 33476227
    • Journal Article
      Pandemic COVID-19 Joins History's Pandemic Legion.
      Morens DM, Daszak P, Markel H, Taubenberger JK. mBio, 2020 May 29; 11 (3): DOI:10.1128/mBio.00812-20
      PMID: 32471830
    • Journal Article
      Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance.
      McGrath BA, Brenner MJ, Warrillow SJ, Pandian V, Arora A, Cameron TS, Añon JM, Hernández Martínez G, Truog RD, Block SD, Lui GCY, McDonald C, Rassekh CH, Atkins J, Qiang L, Vergez S, Dulguerov P, Zenk J, Antonelli M, Pelosi P, Walsh BK, Ward E, Shang Y, Gasparini S, Donati A, Singer M, Openshaw PJM, Tolley N, Markel H, Feller-Kopman DJ. Lancet Respir Med, 2020 Jul; 8 (7): 717 - 725. DOI:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30230-7
      PMID: 32422180
    • Journal Article
      Truth and transparency in a time of crisis.
      Collins KL, Markel H, Lieberman AP. JCI Insight, 2020 Mar 17; 5 (6): DOI:10.1172/jci.insight.138132
      PMID: 32213709
    • Chapter
      Cholera, historical
      Meehan CD, Markel H. 2019 Jan 1; Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 663 - 667. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-811736-1.00301-9
    • Journal Article
      Topsy-Turvy.
      Markel H. Milbank Q, 2017 Dec; 95 (4): 687 - 691. DOI:10.1111/1468-0009.12290
      PMID: 29226445