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Mary E. Fissell is the Inaugural J. Mario Molina Professor of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, holding cross-departmental appointments in History, History of Science, and Technology. She serves as AAHM Vice President and previously edited the Bulletin of the History of Medicine for 15 years. Her research focuses on early modern European healthcare, gendered medical knowledge, and reproductive practices, emphasizing the interplay between popular belief systems and institutional medicine.
Dr. Fissell earned both her BA and PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania. She has held prestigious fellowships from the NLM, Folger Shakespeare Library, and Princeton’s Davis Center. Her notable works include Vernacular Bodies (2004) and an upcoming book on abortion history from antiquity to antibiotics (Basic Books, 2025). She is also completing a monograph on Aristotle’s Masterpiece, a seminal 17th-century text on reproduction.
Her teaching portfolio includes graduate courses on the History of Medicine (SOM 150.705), online methods (SOM 150.730), and the sociology of healing (SOM 150.738). She actively engages in public scholarship via podcasts and op-eds, such as her Washington Post article comparing pandemic responses across centuries. Her work bridges academic rigor with accessible narratives about medical ethics and bodily knowledge.
