History of Health Sciences Former Graduates and Dissertation Titles

Wen Shen, PhD, MD (MA Graduate, Spring 2009)
Dissertation Title: “Operating on Shadows” : Evolving Perceptions of the incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass, 1982-2002

Wen Shen is Assistant Professor in Residence in the Dept of Surgery at UCSF.

Elena Conis, PhD (HHS PhD Graduate, Spring 2011)
Dissertation Title: Calling the Shots: A Social History of Vaccination in the US, 1968-2008

Elena Conis currently holds a fellowship at Emory.

Akhil Mehra, PhD, MD (PhD Graduate, Summer 2011)
Dissertation Title: The Mental Hygiene Movement in Amaerica

Akhil Mehra is the Francis Fellow in the History of Health Sciences in DAHSM and assistant adjunct professor in the Dept of Psychiatry at UCSF and Director of Psychiatry at Walden House.

Niki Nibbe, MA (MA Graduate, Fall 2011)
Dissertation Title: Free and Community Clinics of the 1970’s: The Origins of an Essential Component of California’s Healthcare Safety Net.