Emily Abel
Emily K. Abel is a public health and medical historian, author and professor emerita at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where she was a Professor of Health Services and Women’s Studies.
Abel earned a B.A. from Swarthmore College, M.A. in history from Columbia University, her Ph.D. in history from the University of London, and her M.P.H. from the UCLA School of Public Health.
Publications
- Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940, named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book for 2000
- Suffering in the Land of Sunshine: A Los Angeles Illness Narrative
- Tuberculosis and the Politics of Exclusion: A History of Public Health and Migration to Los Angeles, won the Viseltear Prize of the Medical Section of the American Public Health Association for an outstanding book in the history of public health
- After the Cure: Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors, co-written with Saskia Subramanian.
- Sick and Tired: An Intimate History of Fatigue