Dr. Mark V. Barrow, MD PhD, not only graduated with the College of Medicine’s first class of physicians in 1960, he also was the first student accepted into that class! He also was the first person to publish a history of the College and has remained a supporter medical education and particularly education in the history of medicine. Through a generous donation, he makes possible this annual lecture, enabling students in the College of Medicine to bring in outside history speakers to talk on subjects about which students are passionate!
The first lectures sponsored by this fund:
2026 April 6 and 7. Chris Warren is Professor of History at Brooklyn College, CUNY where he teaches on the history of medicine and focuses his research on the history of medicine and public health. He is the author of two books and is working on another on the history of American’s “migration” indoors.
- He will be speaking on April 6, 2026 11am-12pm in C2-041-A on his 2024 book on rickets, “Starved for Light : The Long Shadow of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency.” This book has been shortlisted by the American Association for the History of Medicine George Rosen Prize. Zoom/registration link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/DtunC_KvScCmkrlNoelfuQ
- On April 7, 12-1pm in C2-041-C he will speak on the history of lead poisoning, drawn in part from his first book “Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning.” Zoom Link: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/UYdYk6i4T2i3nD5kCT897Q