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Howard Markel, PhD, MD Biography
Title:	George E. Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan
Position:	None Found to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
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Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan George E. Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Professor of History, University of Michigan Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Attending Physician, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, The University of Michigan Hospitals and Clinics Attending Pediatrician, Chelsea Arbor Addiction Treatment Center, Chelsea Community Hospital and The University of Michigan Health System Scholar in Residence, Center for Scholars and Writers, The New York Public Library, 1999-2000 Centennial Historian of the City of New York (Presented by the Mayor of New York City and the New York City Commissioner of Cultural Affairs), 1999 George Rosen Memorial Lectureship, Beaumont Medical History Club, Yale University, 1998 Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research, 1997 Recipient, Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation 40th Anniversary History of Medicine Award, 1997 Recipient, Child Magazine’s Book of the Year (The Practical Pediatrician), 1996 Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1989-1993
Education:	PhD, History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1994 MD, cum laude, University of Michigan, 1986 AB, summa cum laude, English Literature, University of Michigan, 1982
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Select Publications:	"The History of Vaccines and Immunization: Familiar Patterns, New Challenges," Health Affairs, May-June 2005 "Successes and Missed Opportunities in Protecting Our Children’s Health: Critical Junctures in the History of Children’s Health Policy in the United States," Pediatrics, Apr. 2005 "The Accidental Addict," New England Journal of Medicine, Mar. 2005
Other:	None found
Quoted in:	1. What is the Hippocratic Oath?