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Smithsonian Institution Docent Gives Talk on Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano, DrPH, a docent at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and the National Museum of Natural History, gave a lecture on world-famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her health issues. Hosted by Nova Southeastern University’s College of Pharmacy, the discussion took place at NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library’s 2nd Floor Gallery on Jan. 12.
Ramírez de Arellano earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in political science from Mount Holyoke College; a master’s in city planning from Yale University; a master’s in health planning from the University of Puerto Rico; and a doctorate in public health from Columbia University. She has worked in the government, academia, and nonprofit sectors as well as with community-based organizations. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Public Health.
Ramírez de Arellano has also co-authored works, namely A Sojourn in Tropical Medicine (University of Puerto Rico Press), Colonialism, Catholicism and Contraception: A History of Birth Control in Puerto Rico (University of North Carolina Press) and Regionalization of Health Care: The Puerto Rican Experience (Oxford University Press). In addition to writing about health policy and the history and practice of public health, she has written a series of articles on Frida Kahlo and made presentations linking the artist’s paintings to health and healing.