Fellowships & Prizes

Fellowships

Charles Donald O’Malley Short-Term Research Fellowships For Research in the History of Medicine and Allied Fields at UCLA

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and History & Special Collections, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA are pleased to announce the availability of the Charles Donald O’Malley 2008-2009 Short-Term Research Fellowships to further investigation into the history of medical thought and healing practice and art from the earliest times to the recent past. Two fellowships will be awarded, each of which carries a grant of $1500 to defray travel and residence costs for research conducted at UCLA special collections libraries between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Applications must be received on or before May 15th.

The award commemorates the work of Charles D. O’Malley, Ph.D. (1907-1970), the Vesalian scholar and first full-time Chair of the Medical History Department, UCLA. O’Malley pioneered the study of the history of medicine at UCLA and facilitated its growth. He died unexpectedly in 1970.

James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships
The UCLA Library has created the James and Sylvia Thayer Fellowships for researchers and scholars residing outside of the Los Angeles area to facilitate access to special collections materials. Located in the Performing Arts, Louise M. Darling Biomedical, Music, and Charles E. Young Research libraries, these collections include primary resource materials across all disciplines.

Prizes

Charles Donald O'Malley Prize in Medical History
The Charles Donald O’Malley Prize in Medical History was awarded for the best essay written on a medical-historical subject by a UCLA medical student. The prize was established in 1988 and was last awarded in 2001. It was named for the first full-time Chair of the Medical History Department, Charles O’Malley, PhD. who came to the Department in 1960. Dr. O’Malley was instrumental in bringing distinguished scholars to campus for a series of lectures as well as for facilitating the establishment of M.A. and Ph.D. level programs within the Department during that time. Dr. O’Malley died unexpectedly in 1970. The prize was re-examined and was replaced by two short term fellowships which support research in the history of medical thought and practice (see above).

Read the winning papers submitted between 1988 and 2001.