Allan Morris Brandt (born 1953) is a

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and the

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Professor of History of Medicine and Professor of the History of Science at

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University. He is an author of several books, including ''The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America'', which was a finalist for the

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Life

Brandt received his B.A. in history from

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in 1974. He then attended

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, where he received his Ph.D. (1983) in American history. He has written on the social history of epidemic disease; the history of public health and health policy; and the history of human experimentation among other topics. In 1998, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In September 2004, he testified as an expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. v Philip Morris et al. The federal district court judge in the case found that the companies had violated racketeering and fraud (RICO) statutes over a fifty-year period. Brandt has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book, ''The Cigarette Century'', was awarded the

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in 2008. He was co-author of a 1985 article about

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in ''Harper's''. Brandt is a fellow of the

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, a bioethics research center.

Awards

* 2011 The William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine * 2008

* 2007

Albert J. Beveridge Award The Albert J. Beveridge Award is awarded by the American Historical Association (AHA) for the best English-language book on American history (United States, Canada, or Latin America) from 1492 to the present. It was established on a biennial basis ...

from the

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and the Arthur Viseltear Prize from the American Public Health Association for ''The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America''

Books

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References

External links

"An interview with Allan M. Brandt", ''American Scientist'', Greg Ross"Cody's Books: ''The Cigarette Century''", ''FORA.tv''"Our Plans for the Future"
''Harvard Crimson'', Allan M. Brandt,

Evelynn M. Hammonds Evelynn Maxine Hammonds (born 1953) is an American feminist and scholar. She is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University, and former Dean of Har ...

, and Michael D. Smith, May 21, 2009
"Book Review: No Magic Bullet", ''Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'' 1985 10(4):397-398
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt, Allan M. American medical historians 1953 births Living people Brandeis University alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Harvard University faculty Hastings Center Fellows Harvard Medical School faculty Bancroft Prize winners Members of the National Academy of Medicine