University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2023

Richard Keller, PhD, is the new Chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics

Dr. Keller is a renowned scholar and teacher of the intersections of history, society, medicine, and public health, with a particular focus on the historical and societal dimensions of climate change, natural disasters, widespread disease, and colonialism.  Among other works, he has written the acclaimed books “Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003” …