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Noted Author To Discuss Medicalization Trends At Dowling College
Dr. Peter Conrad, noted author and Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, will present "The Shifting Engines of Medicalization" from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. on March 7 in the Fortunoff Hall Hunt Room at Dowling College's Rudolph Campus in Oakdale. The event, presented by Dowling's Department of Sociology/Social Work, is free and open to the public.
Using several case examples, Dr. Conrad will discuss the changing roles of medical professionals to 'gatekeepers' for medical treatment while commercial and market interests have become the driving force in the expansion or contraction of medicalization.
Dr. Conrad has engaged in research and writing that has focused on identifying hyperactive children, the medicalization of deviance, the experience of epilepsy, worksite wellness programs, medical education, and the social meanings of the new genetics. His current research delves into the structure and meanings of biomedical enhancement, with focus on the Human Growth Hormone, breast augmentation and the potentials of genetic enhancement.
Dr. Conrad has served as chair of the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (1989-90) and President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1995-96). He received the Charles Horton Cooley Award (1981) from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction for Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness. In 1997 he was a Distinguished Fulbright Fellow at Queen's University of Belfast (Northern Ireland). In 2004, Dr. Conrad received the Leo G. Reeder Award from the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. The award is given annually for "distinguished contributions to medical sociology." He has published seven books or monographs and more than 60 articles and chapters.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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