Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Canada Research Chair in International Health
Professor
Contact Information:
Phone: (416) 287-7322
Office: MW288
Email: ae.birn@utoronto.ca
Discipline: International Development Studies
Research Interests & Work in Progress
- History of public health in Latin America
- Politics of global health
Teaching Interests & Responsibilities
- Undergraduate: International health policy/politics (IDSB04 and IDSC11)
- Graduate (Dalla Lana School of Public Health): History of international health
Selected Affiliations
- American Association for the History of Medicine 1993- (Shryock Medal Award Committee, 1998-99, 2003-4; Governing Council, 2001-3; Bulletin of the History of Medicine, editorial board member, 2006-08)
- American Public Health Association 1993- (International Health Section, Abstract review committee, 2007-; Spirit of 1848 Caucus Coordinating Committee, 1995-2003; 2004- ; Chair, History Committee, 1995- )
- Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social 1994-
- Canadian Society for International Health 2003-
- Latin American Studies Association 1995-
- On editorial boards of: História, Ciências, Saúde ? Manguinhos; International Journal of Health Services; Journal of Public Health Policy; PoSIbles (Política, Salud Internacional, Desarrollos sustentables); University of Guadalajara Press, Social Medicine Series; University of Rochester Press, History of Medicine series"
Awards & Grants
- 2008-2013 Canada Research Chair renewal (Tier II), funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- 2006-2011 SSHRC, standard research grant. International Health in the Making: Uruguay on the Global Stage, 1880-1940
- 2007-2008 Fulbright scholarship to France (multidisciplinary research award)
Selected Publications
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle, "Remaking International Health: Refreshing Perspectives from Latin America," Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 30(2):106-10. Simultaneously published in Spanish as: 'Reconceptualización de la salud internacional: Perspectivas alentadoras desde América Latina' Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública 2011, 30(2): 101-105.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Necochea, Raúl, 'Footprints on the Future: Looking Forward to Latin American Medical History in the Twenty-First Century' Hispanic American Historical Review, 2011, 91(3):503-527.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Lexchin, Joel, 'Beyond Patents: The GAVI Alliance, AMCs, and Improving Immunization Coverage through Public Sector Vaccine Production in the Global South,' Human Vaccines, 2011, 7(3): 291-2.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle. 'Small(pox) success?' Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2011, 16(2): 591-597.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Cabella, Wanda; and Pollero, Raquel, 'The Infant Mortality Conundrum in Uruguay during the First Half of the 20th Century: An Analysis According to Causes of Death' Continuity and Change, 2010, 25(3): 435-461.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Nixon, Stephanie, 'Canada's Health Care System: A Relevant Approach for South Africa?' South African Medical Journal, 2010, 100 (8): 516-520. http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/viewfile/3845/290.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle. "Historicising, Politicising, and Futurising" Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health," in The World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health: Critical Perspectives, edited by Harold Cook, Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Sharon Messenger, and Caroline Overy. Hyderabad, India: Orient Blackswan, 2010, pp. 76-113.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Pillay, Yogan; and Holtz, Tim. Textbook of International Health: Global Health in a Dynamic World, 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle. Marriage of Convenience: Rockefeller International Health and Revolutionary Mexico, University of Rochester Press, 2006.
- Birn Anne-Emanuelle. Making it Politic(al):Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health Social Medicine 2009, 4(3): 166-182. www.socialmedicine.info
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle, "The Stages of International (Global) Health: Histories of Success of Successes of History?" Global Public Health, 2009 4(1): 50-68.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle, "Doctors on Record: Uruguay’s Infant Mortality Stagnation and its Remedies, 1895-1945," Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2008, 82 (2):311-354.
- Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Hochman, Gilberto, eds. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, special issue on "Latin America and International Health," 2008, 25 (1). Available online at: http://www.cbmh.ca/index.php/index/index