Centre for Health Studies Series



Lecture title: Leading Figures Amongst the Stranger Communities at Blackfriars 1550-1660 by Dr Tessa Murdoch FSA Dr Tessa Murdoch FSA worked at the Museum of London from 1981-1990 and at the V&A from 1990-2021. Her book Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture was published by the V&A in November 2021. She was also consultant […]


Dr Caroline Coats MBBS BSc MSc PhD FRCP DHMSA is Consultant Cardiologist to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is Lead Clinician for the Network of Inherited Cardiac Conditions Scotland. Dr Coats also has a long-standing interest in the history of medicine, completing the […]


You are invited to the launch of the Centre for Health Studies, Apothecaries’ Hall. Join us to celebrate the introduction of the new academic hub of the Society, which encompasses all our academic activities.  Delivering a range of diplomas, courses, lectures and events, the Centre for Health Studies represents specialist areas, such as the History […]


Title of Lecture: Unravelling the Double Helix by Gareth Williams Gareth Williams MD ScD FRCP FRCPE is an Emeritus Professor and former Dean of Medicine at the University of Bristol. He graduated from Cambridge, trained in London and Geneva and specialised in diabetes and obesity, building up an internationally recognised research group in Liverpool. He […]


Friday 16 May 09:30am-4pm In this full-day event, discover the collections and archives related to the Chelsea Physic Garden, London’s oldest botanic garden founded by the Society of Apothecaries in 1673. You will spend a morning at Apothecaries’ Hall in Blackfriars, the oldest extant Livery Hall in the City of London. Attendees will engage with […]


Presenting Hans Sloane Lecture Remedies from the New World in James Petiver’s (1665-1718) Apothecary Practice: To be given by Katrina Maydom Katrina Maydom completed her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, where she was funded by the Wellcome Trust. Her thesis investigated the production, trade and consumption of New World […]