Brian Dolan, PhD
Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
School of Medicine
Research areas include historical perspectives on the development of modern clinical practices and medical epistemology; the ethcis and values of medical technologies, such as information management systems and telemedicine.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
- Post Doc History of Medicine Wellcome Trust 1996
- PhD History and Philosophy of Science Cambridge University 1995
- BA Biology & History of Science University of Florida 1992
Interests
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- medical humanities
- qualitative research
- bioethics
- social science
- history of medicine
- philosophy of science
Websites
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- UC Medical Humanities Press (ucmedicalhumanitiespress.com)
- Dolan Archive (briandolanucsf.org)
- UC Berkeley, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society (cstms.berkeley.edu)
- Dr. Dolan Media & Publications (briandolanucsf.org)
- Center for Health and Community (chc.ucsf.edu)
Grants and Projects
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- UC Medical Humanities Consortium - Medical Humanities Press, University of California Office of the President, 2015
Publications (24)
Top publication keywords:
NeurosciencesInfluenza Pandemic, 1918-1919Pneumonia, ViralMind-Body Relations, MetaphysicalPatientsTechnology, DentalPhilosophyHistory, 18th CenturyMasksHistory of DentistryPandemicsCultureEthics, DentalHistory, 20th CenturyCoronavirus Infections
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How History of Medicine Helps Us Understand COVID-19 Challenges.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2020 Dolan B, Rutherford G -
The Senator and the Sting Operation: Politics, the Media, and Frank Moss's Exposé of "Medicaid Mills".
Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences 2023 Dolan B, Beitler S, Johnson A -
Legislating Medicare Fraud: The Politics of Self-Regulation and the Creation of Professional Standards Review Organizations
Journal of Policy History 2022 Brian Dolan Steven Beitler -
It wasn't supposed to be a coronavirus: The quest for an influenza A(H5N1)‐derived vaccine and the limits of pandemic preparedness
Centaurus 2020 Brian Dolan -
Unmasking History: Who Was Behind the Anti-Mask League Protests During the 1918 Influenza Epidemic in San Francisco?
Perspectives in Medical Humanities 2020 Brian Dolan
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UCSF Department of Urology: The First 100 Years
UCSF Department of Urology: The First 100 Years 2017 Brian Dolan -
A History of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, 1912-2015
A History of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, 1912-2015 2016 Brian Dolan -
Humanitas: Readings in the Development of the Medical Humanities
Humanitas: Readings in the Development of the Medical Humanities 2015 Brian Dolan -
At Work in the World: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
Speaking about the Other: On the Relevance of the Humanities to Occupational Health 2012 Brian Dolan -
At Work in the World: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
At Work in the World: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health 2012 Paul Blanc and Brian Dolan -
The Healing Art of Writing
The Healing Art of Writing 2011 Joan Baranow, Brian Dolan, David Watts -
History, Medical Humanities and Medical Education
Social History of Medicine 2010 Dolan, Brian -
Pixels, Patterns and Problems of Vision: The Adaptation of Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Mammography in Radiological Practice in the US
History of Science 2010 Dolan, B, Tillack, A -
The U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade
The Ethical Principles and Obligations to Increasing Access 2009 Brian Dolan -
Epistolary Medicine: Letters Between Medical Students and Patients Lead to Reflection
Lancet 2009 Dolan, B, Goren, N, and Perlis, C -
The American dentists: ethics, technology and education for the twenty-first century.
Journal of the history of dentistry 2009 Dolan B -
Putting Alternative Medicine to the Test
Nature Medicine 2008 Brian Dolan -
Clio Electric: Online Resources in Post‐1750 History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Isis 2007 Brian Dolan -
Soul searching: a brief history of the mind/body debate in the neurosciences.
Neurosurgical focus 2007 Dolan B -
Twenty Years of Social History of Medicine
Social History of Medicine 2007 Dolan, B -
What have teeth taught us about culture? Practice, patienthood and ethics in the history of dentistry and public health.
Journal of the history of dentistry 2007 Dolan B -
Computer Aided Diagnosis in Mammography: Its Development and Early Challenges
Circuits, Systems, and Computers 2006 Brian Dolan -
Plague in San Francisco (1900)
Public Health Reports 2006 Brian Dolan -
Blowpipes and Batteries: Humphry Davy, Edward Daniel Clarke, and Experimental Chemistry in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain.
Ambix 1998 Dolan BP