april patrick
@aprilpatrick.bsky.social
assoc prof. research in women's health, narrative med, periodicals, digital humanities. mom to 2 mostly-domesticated cats + 1 feral child.
book: Women's Health in Britain & America: Texts & Contexts (Palgrave) / next proj: women & wellness in periodicals
book: Women's Health in Britain & America: Texts & Contexts (Palgrave) / next proj: women & wellness in periodicals
Job Post: my new uni is hiring a Teaching & Learning Librarian, which will partner with us in the Center for Digital Humanities Research. In my 1st semester, we've already cohosted some great programs with this team. And it's in the Philly area, which we've found to be a great place to work & live.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Job Post: my new uni is hiring a Teaching & Learning Librarian, which will partner with us in the Center for Digital Humanities Research. In my 1st semester, we've already cohosted some great programs with this team. And it's in the Philly area, which we've found to be a great place to work & live.
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🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Women's Health in Britain and America: Q&A with Dr April Patrick'. 🛟 Offers an unparalleled record of women’s health in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1750. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/49ksVZV. 👩🔬 #ResearchPublishing @aprilpatrick.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Women's Health in Britain and America: Q&A with Dr April Patrick'. 🛟 Offers an unparalleled record of women’s health in the United Kingdom and the United States since 1750. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/49ksVZV. 👩🔬 #ResearchPublishing @aprilpatrick.bsky.social
Just ended our last Skype-based Periodical Poetry Index call. Since we started in June 2010, we've had 390 three-way audio calls on Skype. Goodbye, old frenemy, and no, I do not want to install your updates. Catch you on zoom next week, @nmhouston.bsky.social & @lmltelegraph.bsky.social!
April 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just ended our last Skype-based Periodical Poetry Index call. Since we started in June 2010, we've had 390 three-way audio calls on Skype. Goodbye, old frenemy, and no, I do not want to install your updates. Catch you on zoom next week, @nmhouston.bsky.social & @lmltelegraph.bsky.social!
Immediately adding this to the first unit in my medical humanities course this semester…
"Now, researchers from Oxford University are using the technique of “body mapping” to help patients better communicate the physical, cognitive and emotional dimensions of their illness to family, friends and health professionals." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We think of the body as a map’: a new approach to deciphering long Covid
People with post-infectious diseases sometimes struggle to communicate the debilitating impact of their conditions. But a new technique can help them explain visually
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Immediately adding this to the first unit in my medical humanities course this semester…
My 7yo is obsessed with a novelty phrenology head I brought her from @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social and took it for show&tell today. It was that or a stuffed uterus+ovaries from @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, which her 2nd grade friends aren't ready for. Apple doesn't fall far, etc. #medhist #medhum
January 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My 7yo is obsessed with a novelty phrenology head I brought her from @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social and took it for show&tell today. It was that or a stuffed uterus+ovaries from @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, which her 2nd grade friends aren't ready for. Apple doesn't fall far, etc. #medhist #medhum
Kicking off FDU's first medical humanities study abroad trip today. Lectures & walking tours + visiting @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, Anaesthesia Heritage Center, @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, @wellcomecollection.bsky.social, Florence Nightingale Museum. #histmed #medhum
January 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Kicking off FDU's first medical humanities study abroad trip today. Lectures & walking tours + visiting @oldoptheatre.bsky.social, Anaesthesia Heritage Center, @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, @wellcomecollection.bsky.social, Florence Nightingale Museum. #histmed #medhum
My little book turned one today. She had a rough start and didn’t get as much promotion as she deserved. But she’s currently 50% off via Amazon or 30% off via Palgrave (with code HOL30).
#histmed #womenshealth
bit.ly/womenshealthbook
#histmed #womenshealth
bit.ly/womenshealthbook
Women's Health in Britain and America
This book explores historic narratives about pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, abortion, and breast and gynecological cancers.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:09 AM
My little book turned one today. She had a rough start and didn’t get as much promotion as she deserved. But she’s currently 50% off via Amazon or 30% off via Palgrave (with code HOL30).
#histmed #womenshealth
bit.ly/womenshealthbook
#histmed #womenshealth
bit.ly/womenshealthbook
Excited to be presenting some new research on women and wellness in Jan 2025. Will be talking about heath while leading a heath-themed study abroad trip.
Booking link and abstracts for January's conference on Health, Wellbeing and the Arts in the Nineteenth Century are now available here: musichealthandhappiness.wordpress.com/hwa19c-confe...
HWA19C Conference
Health, Wellbeing and the Arts in the Nineteenth Century conference Online, hosted by The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK We look forward to welcoming you to the online conference on ‘…
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December 5, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Excited to be presenting some new research on women and wellness in Jan 2025. Will be talking about heath while leading a heath-themed study abroad trip.