Steven Palmer, University of Windsor

Research

history of medicine art history film history international exhibitions modernity soft power Cold War Canadian history

Latest papers

Toward responsibility in international health: death following treatment in Rockefeller hookworm campaigns, 1914-1934.
Medical history · 2010 · first author
Smallpox eradication, laboratory visits, and a touch of tourism: travel notes of a Canadian scientist in Brazil.
Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos · 2010 · first author
["The demon that turned into worms": the translation of public health in the British Caribbean, 1914-1920].
Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos · 2006 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

North American Medicine in the Art of International Exhibitions, 1939-1967
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,244
Canada 150: staging Canada at Expo 67 - nationalism in the crucible of globalization
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Knowledge networks and health innovation in the North and South Americas: an international conference
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$24,995

All 7 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Toward responsibility in international health: death following treatment in Rockefeller hookworm campaigns, 1914-1934.

Palmer S

Medical history2010First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300000223 PMID: 20357984

02

Smallpox eradication, laboratory visits, and a touch of tourism: travel notes of a Canadian scientist in Brazil.

Palmer S, Hochman G, Arbex D

Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos2010First author

DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702010000300012 PMID: 21461539

03

["The demon that turned into worms": the translation of public health in the British Caribbean, 1914-1920].

Palmer S

Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos2006First author

DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702006000300003 PMID: 17115527

04

[Historical sketch of state medicine in Central America].

Palmer S

Dynamis (Granada, Spain)2005First author

PMID: 17345655

North American Medicine in the Art of International Exhibitions, 1939-1967

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P.

Keywords: history of medicine; art history; film history; international exhibitions; modernity; soft power; Cold War; Canadian history; Quebec history; 1960s

$34,244

Canada 150: staging Canada at Expo 67 - nationalism in the crucible of globalization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P.

Keywords: Canada 150; Expo 67; world exhibitions; nationalism; globalization; cinema; Quebec; Canada

$25,000

Knowledge networks and health innovation in the North and South Americas: an international conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P.

Keywords: medical history; health history; knowledge networks; Canada; USA; Americas; Brazil; scientific research; research communities

$24,995

Canada Research Chair in History of International Health

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven

Keywords: international health, medical research, cuba-canada scientific collaboration, primatology, botany, dairy husbandry

$500,000

After the interventions: civics, sociability and applied science in th e New Cuba, 1895-1933

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P.

Keywords: Cuba; colonialism; post-colonialism; military interventions; citizenship; republican government; social policy; science; medical research; sanitation; sociability; civics; nationalism; state formation

$22,125

Canada Research Chair in the History of International Health

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P

Keywords: health communication; history of public health; canada; latin america

$500,000

Biomedicine against empire

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Palmer, Steven P.

Keywords: medicine; public health; Cuba; imperialism; physicians; healers; nationalism; Spain; Latin America

$55,219

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: history of medicine Dear Professor Palmer, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Toward responsibility in international health: death following treatment in Rockefeller hookworm campaigns, 1914-1934." (2010), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "North American Medicine in the Art of International Exhibitions, 1939-1967" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]