Collective for Humanism, Arts, and Storytelling in Medicine

🌟 CHASM is excited to share the Cultivating Connections: Wisconsin Maternal & Child Health Conference!

Hosted by @wiscpediatrics.bsky.social — proposals for workshops, posters & creative works are due Jan 9, 2026.

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#MaternalHealth #ChildHealth #UWMadison #MedHum

October Book Club
Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire October 27, 6-7pm. Join us with author Christine Wenc! Open to 20 SMPH Faculty, Staff, and Students.
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#MedHum #BookClub #TheOnion #EblingLibrary

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#WisconsinIdea in action: Our BOD Elizabeth A. Fleming, MD will be presenting at the University of Minnesota Family Medicine Grand rounds, where she will present "Using Narrative Medicine to Refocus Clinical Documentation on the Patient Story". 10/8/2025, bit.ly/FlemingUMNRo... #MedHum

A sepia-toned, hazy historical-style scene of women and young girls working in a kitchen or institutional setting. The women, all wearing light-colored dresses and aprons, are engaged in tasks like washing, mixing, or holding bowls. Two small blonde-haired girls in similar dresses stand beside the women, one tugging gently on a woman’s apron. The overall atmosphere is dim, soft-focused, and somber, evoking an early 20th-century institutional environment. Altered from this image: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM99239

Between 1913–1963, 1,800+ Wisconsinites were forcibly sterilized under state eugenics laws.
Join CHASM on 10.20.25 5:30-7:00pm @ the Wisconsin Historical Society for an evening of learning and reflection with Prof. Nicole C. Nelson.
#MedicalHumanities #WisconsinHistory #CHASM
Sign-up: bit.ly/3JSiLVB

After our event - make sure you check out the Friends of the Libraries 2025 Annual Schewe Lecture
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.
Steenbock Library, 550 Babcock Drive
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📚✨ Join us for Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin
🗓 Monday, Sept 22, 2025 | 6–7 PM | Zoom
🎟 Limited to 20 SMPH students & employees | Book copies available bit.ly/3HQe7qC

#BookClub #MedHum #EblingLibrary

✨Welcome to campus M1's! ✨
Join us to learn more about each of the Paths of Distinction to determine which is the best fit for you.
📅 Thursday, August 28, 2025
⌚ 5:00-6:00pm
📍 HSLC 1335
🍕RSVP for pizza forms.office.com/r/eXPk8MwYVu
#MedEd #MedHum #Research #Bioethics #PublicHealth #IPE

🧵 Less than a month away! 🧵
CHASM + Center for Healthy Minds + Division of the Arts present: Quilting for Connection & Reflection

RSVP now! bit.ly/CHASMQuilting #BuildingCommunity #MedHum #Quilting #FabricLoversUnite

We have two spots that opened up if you are still interested! The book is a fast read - but full of depth and nuance - we still have a few available for last minute pick up! #SummerRead

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Join the 2025–26 Chasm & Ebling Library Book Club! Open to UW School of Medicine and Public Health students, staff & faculty. First pick: Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car by Jordan Bolton. First Zoom meet: Tues, Aug 19 @ 6PM. Sign Up: bit.ly/3Iy6ZiL #BookClub #BuildingCommunity

Important insights from CHASM Board Member Dr. Nicole Nelson!

CHASM is proud to join in celebrating 75 Years of Medical History & 50 Years of Bioethics - we will see you there! #MedHum #WisconsinIdea #OnWisconsin

📚 #MedHum folks check out the article below: It challenges us to rethink empathy, care, and recognition in clinical settings—especially when machines are built to mimic them. A vital read for anyone exploring where technology, ethics, and the human experience meet. #MedHum + #Bioethics = #MedEd

Join us 6/21 10:30am @ Madison Public Library for a powerful panel on storytelling, healing, and humanizing care through the VA’s My Life, My Story project—featuring Veterans, writers, and Chasm faculty Dr. Liana Eskola. Discover how 10,000+ stories are changing medicine. #MedHum bit.ly/444hCRx

Thank you to all who joined us for Experiencing Belonging Through Art! Prof. Nicole Nelson shared: “Looking at art with others… I come away with a much richer interpretation.” A meaningful night of reflection, connection, and community. #CHASM #BuildingCommunity #MedHum @chazenartuw.bsky.social

3 seats are open - our BOD is ready explore belonging through art, reflection, and conversation with the community! June 3rd, 2025 #BuildingCommunity #MedHum #WisconsinIdea @mhbuwmad.bsky.social @chazenartuw.bsky.social bit.ly/4kpIgL1

Spots are filling up! RSVP now for June 3, 5–7pm Chasm @chazenartuw.bsky.social – Explore. Reflect. Connect. #MedHum bit.ly/4kpIgL1

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hypothetically… if we started a book club with Ebling 👓📚 what book would absolutely have to be on the list? (Also—not hypothetical—we are starting a book club this summer. It’s happening!) #BookLovers #MedHum

CHASM and @chazenartuw.bsky.social present: Experience Belonging Through Art. June 3, 2025 5–7 PM
Explore belonging through art with faculty, staff, students and community.Engage in visual thinking and small group connection. Free & open to all. bit.ly/4kpIgL1

🧵CHASM Presents: Quilting for Connection & Reflection🧵 🎨 Explore sewing and quilting as a way to process change and build community.
No experience needed.
📅Sept 11, 18, 25 & Oct 2,
🕡6:30–7:45 PM, HSLC.
🍽️ Dinner provided Space limited to 12 health care providers. bit.ly/CHASMQuilting

Brittany Russell channeled the power of the humanities in Narrative Medicine with Dr. Fleming & Dr. Seibert—creating The_…_and_Science_of_Medicine, a moving piece exploring the emotional complexity physicians carry. Art meets empathy. #MedHum #NarrativeMedicine bit.ly/4jHhnCc

🩺🎨 The Spring 2025 Corpus Callosum is live! Stories, reflections, and creativity straight from the heart (and brain). What moved you? What made you think? Let’s talk favorites! #MedHum bit.ly/4jqzXhW

Congrats to Prof. Dana Landress on a successful First Book Workshop! Her forthcoming book explores the history of pellagra and its public health impact in the early 20th c. South. Thanks to all who joined and shared insights! @uchicagopress.bsky.social #MedHum #History

Local Event Alert for #MedHum! Join ACP-WI in Madison for a creative watercolor + Narrative Medicine session with artist Emily Marie! Paint orchids, connect with peers, and enjoy light refreshments. $30 incl. supplies. 🎨🌸 #ACPWI register here: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

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The next Integrative Health Grand Rounds will be May 7, featuring a presentation by Michaela Frey, MD, titled, "Food Is Medicine: Indigenous Foodways in Wisconsin." Find more info and a link to join here: buff.ly/xq3f3Lh

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Spring’s being shy today in #Wisconsin - it's all chills and no blooms! ❄️🌱 We’re curling up with some great #MedHum reads to warm the soul. Got any cozy, thought-provoking favorites to recommend?

We look forward to the staged reading! Homo Ex Machina beautifully ties into the field of medical humanities, the play's exploration of the emotional & moral consequences of medical interventions, such as brain implants, highlights the field's focus on the subjective experiences of health & illness.

Okay, we might be a little biased, but honestly, this is an amazing group to collaborate with for the next two years! Great minds, impactful research, all at the beautiful UW-Madison campus. What's not to love? 😄 👏💓@uwmadison.bsky.social

🚨 URGENT: 4/1/2025 Deadline is fast approaching for our 24-month #postdoctoral opportunity in the history of #modern #medicine (19th c.-present) or #publichealth at MHB! Lead independent research, collaborate w/renowned #Faculty, & gain mentorship at a top-tier institution. bit.ly/3ESUQ66

What does #MedHum mean to you? How do you engage with the humanities, and how does it influence your practice? We asked our contributing faculty/staff this question—here are their insights. Share your own response and let us know how you bridge the #CHASM. 🌿 #MondayMindfulness

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