Allan M. Brandt
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) History of Medicine |
| Institutions | Columbia University Harvard University |
Allan Morris Brandt (born 1953) is a
Life
Brandt received his B.A. in history from Brandeis University in 1974. He then attended Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. (1983) in American history. He has written on the social history of epidemic disease; the history of public health and health policy; and the history of human experimentation among other topics. In 1998, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.[1] In September 2004, he testified as an expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. v Philip Morris et al. The federal district court judge in the case found that the companies had violated racketeering and fraud (RICO) statutes over a fifty-year period. Brandt has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]
His most recent book, The Cigarette Century, was awarded the Bancroft Prize in 2008.[3]
He was co-author of a 1985 article about
Brandt is a fellow of the
Awards
- 2011 The William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine
- 2008 Bancroft Prize
- 2007 Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association and the Arthur Viseltear Prize from the American Public Health Associationfor The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America
Books
- The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America. Basic Books. 2007. ISBN 978-0-465-07047-3.
- No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880. Oxford University Press. 1987. ISBN 978-0-19-504237-5.
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- Allan M. Brandt; Paul Rozin, eds. (1997). Morality and Health. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-91582-3.
References
- ^ "Department of the History of Science, Harvard University".
- ^ "The Cigarette Century".
- ^ "Columbia News".
- ^ "Brandt, Allan M. (Harper's Magazine)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-03.
External links
- "An interview with Allan M. Brandt", American Scientist, Greg Ross
- "Cody's Books: The Cigarette Century", FORA.tv
- "Our Plans for the Future", Harvard Crimson, Allan M. Brandt, Evelynn M. Hammonds, and Michael D. Smith, May 21, 2009
- "Book Review: No Magic Bullet", Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1985 10(4):397-398
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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