In October 2007, Dr. Alice Domurat Dreger led a seminar on the socialization and medicalization of people born with socially-challenging conditions such as intersexism, dwarfism, and conjoinment.  Dr. Dreger will return to Cornell during the 2009-2010 academic year to teach "What is Sexual Orientation?"
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Nate Olafsen learns a holistic approach to medicine through research and courses such as Medical Anthropology.
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Workshops & Seminars

The Dimensions program frequently hosts distinguished visitors for seminars and interactive hands-on workshops. Topics range from medical ethics, to specialized topics in health care, to possible careers in various health-related fields.

Recent visitors and topics include:

2009 - 2010 workshops and seminars

Understanding Health Care Reform: Cost, Access, and Quality

Sponsored by Dimensions, the Berry Center, College Republicans, Cornell Democrats, and the Health Professions Society
This panel discussion will be moderated by Cornell Economics and Business Professor Chris Conrad and features the following experts:
  • Jason Hockenberry, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa 
  • Peter Cram, M.D., M.B.A., Hospitalist and Physician Researcher, University of Iowa
  • Ted Townsend, President and CEO, St. Luke's Hospital

Wednesday, November 4 at 3:15 p.m. in Hedges Conference Room, The Commons

Breast Cancer Gene Symposium

Dimensions and the Berry Center are welcoming Chris Hansen, the lead attorney representing the ACLU in the lawsuit filed by the ACLU against Myriad Genetics over the patenting of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes.

Friday, December 11

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