William Borrowdale Tripe: An early Wellington Doctor | presented by Associate Professor Dr Jayne Krisjanous
Jayne Krisjanous
Jayne joined the WMHS in 2012 and was appointed Chairperson in 2019. Jayne is on the academic staff of the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington. She is also a Registered Nurse and Midwife. Her interests in the history of medicine are broad and she finds all aspects of medical history and its interaction with the social structures of the day fascinating. An area of particular interest is how medical beliefs and practices were influenced by the commercial environment of the Victorian era.
Talks given to WMHS previously have been:
| 2012 | Phossy Jaw and Victorian Match Workers: Alleviating a dreaded occupational disease by changing consumer purchasing preferences |
| 2013 | “Enjoy the war; the peace will be terrible!” The work of the UNRRA in the lives of Europe’s Displaced Persons post WW II |
| 2014 | Doctors as spokespersons in cigarette advertising |
| 2016 | Nurse Mackenzie’s photo album: what did she see? – with Jo Walton |
| 2017 | Stately Hospitals of the World Wars – the mortal wounding of the English Country Home |
| 2018 | Capturing hunger in the Dustbowl through the lens of Dorothea Lange |
| 2019 | Mary Toft’s Rabbets: Best Fake News Story Ever? |
Speaker
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Associate Professor Dr Jayne KrisjanousJayne Krisjanous is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Victoria University of Wellington/Te Herenga Waka. A key area of research interest is in the history of health services. Jayne is also a Registered Nurse (non-practicing) and Registered Midwife (non-practicing).
