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William H. Welch Medal
William H. Welch Medal Shortlist
The William H. Welch Medal is awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award. We are thrilled to celebrate the finalists for the 2026 Welch Medal!
The winner of the Welch Medal will be announced at the awards breakfast on Saturday, June 6, 2026 at the annual meeting in Buffalo.
Many thanks to the 2025-26 Welch Medal committee: Emily Baum (chair), Elena Conis, Joel Howell, Elizabeth O’Brien, and Pablo Gomez.
Laura Goffman
Disorder and Diagnosis: Health and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Arabia (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024).
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Regina Kunzel
In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024).
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Ilana Löwy
Viruses and Reproductive Injustice: Zika in Brazil (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024).
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Rachel Louise Moran
Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024).
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Melissa Reynolds
Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024).
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Colin Webster
Tools and the Organism: Technology and the Body in Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023).
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