Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions

08/22/2024

Dr. Wolfgang Ritschel—Scientist, Professor, Painter and Sculptor. View four of his sculptures on display in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2024/08/dr-wolfgang-ritschel-scientist-professor-painter-and-sculptor/

University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center

As the University of Cincinnati Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library welcomes the 2024-25 College of Medicine students and faculty back to the academic calendar, they are greeted by the new installation of MEDSTEPS. The sculpture is the work of renowned artist and scientist Wolfgang Ritschel (...

07/10/2024

The 15th Annual Cecil Striker Society Lecture examined neurology at the University of Cincinnati. The lecture video is now available for viewing.

More info https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2024/07/15th-annual-cecil-striker-society-lecture-examined-neurology-at-the-university-of-cincinnati/

UC Libraries

05/08/2024

On display now in the Health Sciences Library and the Winkler Center...

On display on the main floor of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library (MSB G Level) is the traveling National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibit Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care. The exhibit describes how the profession developed as a solution to meet the social and health care n...

04/30/2024

There’s still time to register to attend the May 7th Cecil Striker Annual Lecture with Joseph Broderick, MD, who will present “Cincinnati Neurology: From Astute Human Observations to Life-Changing Therapies.”

May 7 ~ 5-7pm ~ Kresge Auditorium

More info & registration link online - https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2024/03/history-of-neurology-topic-of-2024-striker-lecture.html

University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center UC Libraries

04/18/2024

Join us May 7th for the 2024 Cecil Striker Annual Lecture, which will cover the world impact of the 77-year history of the UC neurology department. Registration and details:

By Richard A. Puff, Chief Communications Officer, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Charles Aring, MD, had a profound impact on the Cincinnati region and, through his founding of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s Department of Neurology, a tremendous influence on the he...

03/07/2024

On February 19, 2024 Devhra BennettJones joined the University of Cincinnati Libraries as the archivist and curator of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. UC Libraries

https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2024/03/devhra-bennettjones-joins-uc-libraries-as-winkler-center-archivist-curator/

07/06/2023

A Medical Pioneer goes Digital. UC Libraries celebrates a new digital collection in honor of Dr. Lucy Orinthia Oxley, the first African American to graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1935. UC Libraries

By Sidney Gao, Digital Collections Manager UC Libraries celebrates a new digital collection in honor of Dr. Lucy Orinthia Oxley, the first African American to graduate from the University of Cincin…

04/24/2023

Dear friends of the Winkler Center.

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 25 at 5pm for the annual Cecil Striker Lecture – “A History of the University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery” presented by Michael Nussbaum, MD, in the Kresge Auditorium at 231 Albert Sabin Way.

Following Dr. Nussbaum’s presentation and Q&A, will be a reception where attendees may view the exhibit, “From Halsted to Heuer: The UC Department of Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Pipeline, 1922-1952,” in the Stanley J. Lucas, MD, Board Room (E005HA) near Kresge Auditorium.

The 14th Striker Lecture is hosted by the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, part of UC Libraries. The lecture series is named after Cecil Striker, MD, Class of 1921, a longtime College of Medicine faculty member who was passionate about medical history and who served as the first president of the American Diabetes Association in 1940. Striker died in 1976.
https://foundation.uc.edu/CecilStrikerLecture2023.

04/13/2023

Monday, 4/17, 4PM. To join by Zoom: https://ucincinnati.zoom.us/j/91355418921

04/04/2023

Register for our 2023 Cecil Striker Lecture here: https://foundation.uc.edu/cecilstrikerlecture2023

03/31/2023

The Winker Center is proud to announce finally that portions of the Lucy Oxley Collection (WC-29) have been digitized and are now accessible for viewing and research. The digital collection consists of photographs, memorabilia, awards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and portions of a scrapbook documenting the personal life and professional career of Dr. Oxley.

Lucy Oxley was the first African American to graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1935. Please click the link below to visit the digital collection.
https://www.jstor.org/site/uc/lucy-oxley/

02/17/2023

Fascinating day at the office working with Dr. Efrain Miranda who is preparing for a June conference in Brussels. Dr. Miranda is doing some groundbreaking research on 18th century anatomist Paolo Mascagni and his work "Anatomia Universa." Looking forward to seeing this scholarship come to fruition.