“Civil War Medical Photography and the Shaping of Professional Practice,” History of Science Society (HSS), Toronto, November 9-12, 2017
Chair, Session, “Incorporating the History of Medicine and Public Health into the teaching of American History,” Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Dallas, Texas November 9-12, 2017
Chair, “War, Empire, and Medicine: Managing the Health of Soldiers and Subjects,” The Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Minneapolis Marriot Center City, Minneapolis MN, April 28-May 1, 2016.
Chair and Commentator, World War I and the Environment: Global Resource Allocation, Militarization and the Nature of Raw Materials
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“New Strides in Disease Management: Smallpox and the American Civil War.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, Kansas City, MO, April 3-6, 2014.
“Pox and the American South, 1865-77.” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, February 27-March 1, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
“Medical Experimentation in Andersonville Prison,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Civil War Historians, Lexington, Kentucky, June 14-16, 2012.
“Science, Disease and Representation: Medical Photography during the American Civil War,” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, April 26-29, 2012.
“Experimental Research and Scientific Observation in the 19th Century South,” Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, Annual Meeting, Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2-3, 2012.
“Cholera and the Civil War Medical Model in Post-War America.” The Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, Cantigny First Division Foundation, Lisle, Illinois, June 9-12, 2011.
“Civil War Bodies and the Development of Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century America.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, Northern Centre for the History of Medicine, Newcastle and Durham (UK), July 8-11, 2010
“Whose Bodies? Military Bodies and the Politics of Ownership during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, May 28-30, 2010
“Is War Good for Medicine?: The American Civil War and the Development of the Medical Sciences in the Nineteenth-Century.” The Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History, May 20-23, 2010 Lexington, VA hosted by the Virginia Military Institute and the George Marshall Research Library
“Investigative Medicine and the Idea of Experiment in Nineteenth Century America: Infectious diseases during the American Civil War,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine, Carleton University, Ontario Canada May 28-31, 2009.
Awarded the H. N. Segall Prize for the best doctoral paper delivered at the conference.
“The Development of Scientific Medicine in the Nineteenth Century: Medical Practice during the American Civil War,” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, April 23-26, 2009
“Science in the Practice of Medicine: Case Study of infectious diseases during the American Civil War,” Annual Conference of the History of Military Medicine and Health Care, Army Medical Services Museum, London, England, April 15-17, 2009.
“The Influence of the American Civil War upon Research and Experimental Medicine in America, 1861-1865.” Securing the Ultimate Victory: A Conference Exploring the History of Military Medicine and Healthcare, Army Medical Services Museum, Aldershot, England April 11-13, 2007
“Collecting Specimens: The American Civil War and the Army Medical Museum,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association, May 30-June 1, 2005
“Nostalgia, Neurosis and Nerve Disorders: Mental Illness and the American Civil War.”History of Health and Medicine Speaker Series, McMaster University, March 12, 2003