Recent Graduates

Frederick R. Davis
Harvard, A.B.; U. of Florida, M.A.; Yale, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Asst. Prof. of History, Florida St. U., Tallahassee, FL  
fdavis@fsu.edu | website

David Hecht
Brandeis University, B.A.; Yale, Ph.D.

Gretchen Krueger
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Hist. of Med.,
Johns Hopkins U.

Danian Hu
Case-Western Reserve U., M.A.; Yale, Ph.D.
Asst. Prof., City College of the City U. of New York, New York
danian.hu@aya.yale.edu

Randy Kidd
The Colorado College, B.A.; Western Wash. U.,
M.A.; Yale, Ph.D.
rrk23@drexel.edu

Gregory Lampros
Yale M.A.
Greg Lampros came to yale after many successful years in business to pursue a masters degree in History of Science and Medicine, a longstanding dream. He wrote an excellent masters thesis on the identification of Tay-Sachs disease as a genetic affliction, focusing on the research and career of the neurologist Bernard Sachs, and received his degree in May 2006. He has now returned to the world of business
gregory.lampros@yale.edu

Sarah Lewis
Yale U., B.A., Ph.D.
independent scholar; Paris, France
SLewis5472@aol.com

Beth Linker
Assistant Professor, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Ithaca College, B.S.; Michigan State U., M.A.; Yale U., Ph.D.
Beth Linker teaches courses in the history of medicine and science at UPenn's History and Sociology of Science Department. Her research interests include the social and cultural history of U.S. medicine in the 19th and 20th centuries, disability history, war studies, as well as the history of bioethics and health care policy.
linker@sas.upenn.eduIWebsite

Kari McLeod
University of Alberta, B.A.; Carlton University, M.A.; Yale U., M.A.; Yale U., M.Phil.; Yale U., Ph.D.

Christiane Nockels Fabbri
Lecturer
U. de Provence, Lic. L; Yale U., P.A.; Yale U., M.A.; Yale U., M.Phil.; Yale U., Ph.D.
Medieval and early modern medicine, history of therapeutics, the concept of retrospective diagnosis and the interface between medicine and popular culture.
christiane.nockels@yale.edu

Sally Romano
Harvard, B.A.; Yale, M.A.; Yale, M.Phil.; Yale Ph.D.

Sally Romano is pursuing a joint MD/PhD degree. After completing her dissertation, "The Dark Side of the Sun: Skin Cancer, Sunscreen, and Risk in Twentieth-Century America" and receiving her Ph.D. in May of 2006, she is presently completing the medical portion of her degree. Before coming to Yale, she received an A.B. in History and Science from Harvard University (1999). A native of Connecticut, Sally currently lives in West Haven with her husband, Scott. She is an avid skier and sports fan.
sally.romano@yale.edu

Neeraja Sankaran
Panjab University, B.Sc.; University of Alberta, M.Sc.; U.C. at Santa Cruz, Cert. Sci. Writing; Yale Ph.D.
Neeraja completed the requirements for her Ph.D. in the fall of 2006. Her dissertation focuses on the development of concepts of bacteriophage and viruses in the early 20th century via a study of the investigative pathway of Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Other projects include two books, Microbes and People: An A-Z of Important Microorganisms in Our Lives (Oryx Press, 2001) and The Human Genome Sourcebook (with a co-author) (Greenwood Press, 2005). Neeraja has joined the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, where she is an assistant professor in the Department of English, teaching Science Communication and Freshman Composition.
sankarn@uwec.edu

Mary Yearl
Wellesley College, B.A.; Yale, M.A.; Yale, Ph.D.
mkkyearl@gmail.com