Department of Greek and Roman Studies featured at ICAM 2025

From April 3-6, members of the Department of Greek and Roman Studies brought their insights about the language of medicine to the annual International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Halifax. This congress is an initiative of The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada.

On April 3, Chris He (PhD candidate) and Dr. Stephen Russell (Instructional Assistant) delivered their oral presentation The Language of Disability and Difference: Getting at the Roots of the Problem (prepared with Dr. Emily Lamond, Assistant Professor).

On April 5, Dr. Russell presented 3 posters with undergraduate students from the Faculties of Health Sciences and Life Sciences.

Raenita Puliyelil (Life Sciences) and Dr. Russell presented Producing Ambiguity: Problems Regarding the Use of -Genic and -Genous in medical language.

Emma Dall (Health Sciences) and Dr. Russell presented Naming Variants: quod Nomen non habet, non est (‘that which doesn’t have a name, does not exist’).

Jasper Bains (Health Sciences) and Dr. Russell presented Ghost terms: locating missing anatomical terms from matching opposite pairs.

The Department of Greek and Roman Studies administers the Concurrent Certificate in the Language of Medicine and Health, and offers two courses dedicated to medical terminology: GKROMST 2MT3 (Ancient Roots of Medical Terminology) and GKROMST 3MT3 (Advanced Ancient Roots of Medical Terminology).