Raúl Necochea López

Raúl Necochea López serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Social Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an adjunct appointment in the History Department. He joined UNC after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

His academic credentials include an MSc in History of Technology from Georgia Institute of Technology (2002) and a PhD in History from McGill University (2010).

Dr. Necochea López specializes in the history of medicine and science with concentrated expertise in sexual and reproductive health and Latin America. His work actively integrates non-U.S. perspectives—particularly Peruvian and Andean—into American health research to challenge dominant narratives. As President of the Peruvian Society for History of Science, Technology and Health, he drives initiatives to elevate health discourse in Latin American public policy.

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He directs the Social and Health Systems course for first-year medical students while authoring significant scholarly works, including his current project on Andean cancer care history. His publications encompass A History of Family Planning in Twentieth Century Peru (UNC Press, 2014), its Spanish edition La Planificación Familiar en el Perú del Siglo XX (2016), and co-edited volume Peripheral Nerve: Health and Medicine in Cold War Latin America (Duke, 2020).

Dr. Necochea López leads the Peruvian Society for History of Science, Technology and Health and collaborates with pan-Latin American academic networks to advance medical history research and public engagement across the region.