{"id":1180,"date":"2017-03-14T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2017-08-24T10:49:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:49:43","slug":"new-blog-curator-and-reviews-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2017\/03\/14\/new-blog-curator-and-reviews-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blog Curator and Reviews Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am Anna McFarlane, the new blog curator and reviews editor here at the BMJ Medical Humanities <\/em>blog, and I wanted to introduce myself to regular readers \u2013 and first time visitors. I\u2019m delighted to be taking on this post and would like to thank my predecessor, Columba Quigley, who has been answering all my questions and doing everything she can to make this transition as smooth as possible. Thank you also to editor-in-chief Deborah Bowman and everyone else on the editorial board for all your help so far.<\/p>\n

My interest in the medical humanities has been growing exponentially over the last few years. While my thesis dealt with a relevant subject \u2013 the representation of psychological discourses in science fiction \u2013 it was my post as the research assistant on the Wellcome Trust-funded Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities project<\/a> at the University of Glasgow that really urged me to develop a relationship with the field as a whole. As part of that project, myself and the principal investigator, Dr Gavin Miller, edited a special issue of BMJ Medical Humanities<\/em><\/a> and took the opportunity to dive into a series of fascinating enquiries, covering speculative design, bioethics, and disability studies among many others. It is now my pleasure to take on a more permanent role working with the journal.<\/p>\n

To that end, I\u2019m looking forward to continuing and developing the work of this blog over the next few months, so please get in touch if you\u2019d like to provide us with:<\/p>\n