Comics & Medicine:
From Private Lives to Public Health
June 26th to 28th, 2014 at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Keynote Speakers:
Ellen Forney,
Arthur W. Frank,
James Sturm (keynote available for viewing here)
Carol Tilley
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Art as Applied to Medicine in collaboration with Graphic Medicine sponsored the fifth Comics & Medicine conference, a gathering of healthcare professionals, artists, academic scholars, comics enthusiasts, students, and various stakeholder groups. The organizing committee was chaired by Lydia Gregg, Instructor, Medical Illustrator, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Lydia was assisted by Cory Sandone, also a medical illustrator and professor in of the Art as Applied to Medicine program at Johns Hopkins.
Follow these links for conference information:
- Conference Collective Memory
- Program
- Keynote Speakers
- Conference Sponsors
- Baltimore Restaurants & Attractions
- Call for Papers 2014 (closed)
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We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors
The Department of Art as Applied to Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Division of Interventional Neuroradiology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Office of Cultural Affairs,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Small Press Exposition (SPX)
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Email comics.medicine.2014@gmail.com to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
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Comic excerpts © 2012 Ellen Forney, from her graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me