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Todd
Olszewski is a Stettern Fellow for the Office
of NIH History for 2008-2009.
A
graduate of Washington University in St.
Louis , he received his Ph.D. in history
with a concentration in the history of science
and medicine from Yale University in 2008.
His dissertation, "Cholesterol:
A scientific, Medical, and Social History,
1908-1962", traced the rise of
cholesterol as a cardiovascular risk factor,
examining scientific, technological, and
social perceptions of cholesterol and its
relation to heart disease. As a DeWitt Stetten
Memorial Fellow, Todd will be studying the
history of the National Heart Institute
(now the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) and
the ways in which the institute fostered
the multidiscplinary investigations of cholesterol,
aetherosclerosis, and risk. In particular,
Dr. Olszewski will expand upon his dissertation
topic to explore further how pliable notions
of cardiovascular risk have informed medical
practice, health policy, and popular conceptions
of health and illness.
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