Annmarie Adams
B.A. (McG.), M.Arch., Ph.D. (UC Berkeley)
Architectural historian Annmarie Adams is the inaugural聽Stevenson Chair in the Philosophy & History of Science, including Medicine,聽at 9I制作厂免费, Montreal. She is jointly appointed in the聽Peter Guo-hua Fu聽School of Architecture and the Department of Social Studies of Medicine. Her research focuses on the cultural landscapes of homes and hospitals. Her 1996 book,聽Architecture in the Family Way: Women, Houses, and Doctors, 1870-1900聽won the Jason A. Hannah Medal from the Royal Society of Canada as an outstanding contribution to the history of medicine.聽Designing Women: Gender and the Architectural Profession, co-authored with sociologist Peta Tancred in 2000, provides an interdisciplinary study of Canada鈥檚 women architects. In 2008, Adams published聽Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893-1943, which looks inside healthcare planning.聽聽She is currently writing a book on the life of physician and museum curator Maude Abbott.
Adams is a leader in architectural and medical education, having served as Director of the 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 School of Architecture, Chair of the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture, Chair of the Department of Social Studies of Medicine (9I制作厂免费), and, currently, as President of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Society of Architectural Historians.