Weidman, Hazel Hitson, 1923-

After obtaining her Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1959, Hazel Weidman worked for various federal, state, and local medical service agencies. Her statewide study of the tuberculosis control system in Massachusetts, jointly conducted with her husband Dr. William H. Weidman, provided the data for new tuberculosis control legislation. She also prepared position papers for the U.S. Public Health services, which took her into the complexities of hospital administration and staff training programs for Fresno County Hospital. Under the sponsorhip of the State of California, Weidman developed a community-wide program for the protection of battered children.

In order to consolidate her thinking about anthropology in relation to medicine, Hazel Weidman moved to academe in 1964. She taught anthropology at the College of William and Mary (1964-1965) and at the University of Alabama Medical Center (1965-1967). She was also an associate research fellow at the Social Science Research Institute of the University of Hawaii (1967-1968). In 1968, Weidman joined the faculty of the University of Miami where she held teaching positions at both the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine until her retirement in 1990.

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