Ahron Leichtman (February 21, 1943 – October 12, 2018) was a national and regional leader in the quest to ban public smoking in the United States. He graduated in 1964 from the University of Cincinnati, with a Bachelor of Arts in … Continue reading
Winkler Center
The Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions is an archive and exhibit facility chronicling the history of the health sciences primarily in the Cincinnati area. The Winkler Center's over 35,000 volumes of rare and classic works on health history however broaden that scope to include Europe and date back almost 500 years. In addition to its archival collections, books, and medical objects, the Winkler Center also presents public and educational programming, and workshops throughout the year.
News and Events
Our second Black History Month spotlight goes to a pioneer of medicine in the Cincinnati area, Lucy Oxley – the first African American to graduate from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Lucy Oxley was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania … Continue reading
While the primary focus of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions collection is chronicling the history of health sciences in the Cincinnati area, the physicians, researchers and scientists in the archive made an impact … Continue reading
Contact & Address
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions
Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0574
Phone: 513-558-5120 | Fax: 513-558-2682