Jeffrey Baker
| Title: | Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and History |
| Office Location: | 6301 Herndon Rd |
| Office Phone: | 919 620 5374 |
| Email Address: | jeffrey.baker@duke.edu |
Education
- M.D. Duke University School of Medicine, 1984
- Ph.D. Duke University, 1993
Research Interests
Dr. Baker's research centers on the history of child health and medical technology. Dr. Baker has taught courses on the history of medical ethics, medical technology, and genetics. He has published a book, The Machine in the Nursery, recounting the origins of the premature infant nursery in Europe and the United States. He is now working on a history of immunizations.
Teaching (Fall 2008):
- HISTORY 89FCS.02, Special topics in focus
Synopsis
- FOCUS 99FCS.08, Special topics in focus
Synopsis
- See instru, Th 06:00 PM-07:30 PM
Representative Publications
Papers Published- "Baker, J.P., “Historical Adventures in the Newborn Nursery: Forgotten Stories and Syndromes,” in Clio in the Clinic: History in Medical Practice, ed. Jacalyn Duffin (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005), pp. 105-115.." .
- JP Baker, SL Katz. "Childhood vaccine development: an overview.." Pediatric research, United States 55:2 (February, 2004): 347-56. [abs]
- JP Baker. "The pertussis vaccine controversy in Great Britain, 1974-1986.." Vaccine, Netherlands 21:25-26 (September, 2003): 4003-10. [abs]
- " Baker, J.P. “Technology in the Nursery,” in Formative Years: Children’s Health in the United States 1880-2000, ed. Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2002)." .
- JP Baker. "Immunization and the American way: 4 childhood vaccines.." American journal of public health, UNITED STATES 90:2 (February, 2000): 199-207. [abs]
- "Book Review: Heather Munro Prescott, A Doctor of Their Own: The History of Adolescent Medicine. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 74 (2000): 409-410." .
- "Book Review: Murdina Desmond, Newborn Medicine and Society. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 73 (1999): 743-744." .
- "Baker, Jeffrey P. The Machine in the Nursery: Incubator Technology and the Origins of Newborn Intensive Care (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996)." .
- "Plenary Session, American Association for the History of Medicine, April 1995. "Newborn Intensive Care as a Technological System."." .
- "Mauro, R.D., Baker, J., and Mackedonski, V. "A Five-year-old Girl with Acute Renal Failure and Multiple Cerebral Infarctions." Journal of Pediatrics 115 (1989):816-823.." .