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Brandt, Allan M. Ph.D.
US Expert Witness
Dr. Brandt is the Amalie Moses Kass Professor in the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, where he is currently the chair of the Department of the History of Science. Dr. Brandt received his B.A. from Brandeis University, magna cum laude, in 1974. He received his M.A. (1975), M. Phil (1978) and Ph.D. (1983) in American History from Columbia University. Dr. Brandt has held the following professional appointments:
- 2000- present Chair, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
- 1996- present Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School
- 1992 - present Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine Department of Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, Program in the History of Medicine Professor of the History of Science Department of the History of Science Harvard University
- 1990-1992 Associate Professor Department of Social Medicine and Department of History University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1987-1990 Associate Professor of the History of Medicine and Science Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy Harvard Medical School Department of the History of Science Harvard University
- 1983-1987 Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine and Science Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy Harvard Medical School Department of the History of Science Harvard University
- 1982 Instructor Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy Harvard Medical School Department of the History of Science Harvard University
- 1982 Instructor Department of History Smith College
- 1979-1982 Teaching Fellow in the Humanities Faculty of Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University
- 1977-1982 Research Associate Project on Value and Ethics in Health Care College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University
Dr. Brandt has studied and published widely on the subjects of the social history of American medicine, science and public health. He has published extensively on smoking and health issues. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, among them a Pulitzer Prize Nomination, President's Fellowship at Harvard University, and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund History of Medicine Award.
Source: United States' Factual Memorandum Pursuant to Order #470, Section V (tab 1)