Degrees and titles
Scientific degrees:
B.A., History. Western Washington University, 1964.
M.A., History and Classics. University of British Columbia, 1967.
PhD., History and Classics. University of British Columbia, 1973.
Academic titles:
Professor of History, Oregon State University, since 1984; Sandy and Elva Sanders Eminent Professor, University.
Honors College, since 2011; and jointly, since 2014, Professor of the History of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine, National History and Culturology, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

Scientific activity
2014 to present, Professor of the History of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine, National History and Culturology, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
1984 to present, Professor of History, Oregon State University.
1984 (Spring and Summer Quarters), Visiting Associate Professor of History, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
1981 (Spring and Summer Quarters), Visiting Associate Professor of History, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
1978-1984, Associate Professor of History, Oregon State University.
1972-1978, Assistant Professor of History, Oregon State University.
1970-1972, Instructor in History, Oregon State University.
1964-1966, Teaching Assistant in Classics, University of British Columbia.

Honors, Awards and Prizes
Sandy and Elva Sanders Eminent Professorship in University Honors (appointed 2011).
Exemplary Performance Award, College of Liberal Arts, 2005.
Honorable Mention, Teacher of the Year Award, University Honors College, 2002, 2003.
Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award from Oregon State University, 1998.
Named Master Teacher twice by the College of Liberal Arts, 1995-97, 1997-99.
Éclat Faculty Recognition Award, OSU College of Liberal Arts, 1992.
Researcher-of-the-Year Award, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University, 1987.
Citation for Outstanding Teaching awarded by Alpha Lambda Delta National Honorary Society, 1982.
Elizabeth P. Ritchie Award for Outstanding Teaching from Oregon State University, 1974 (the University’s highest award for teaching, made annually).

Research grants and fellowships:
Special Fellow in the Medical Humanities, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel, Summer 2000.
Recipient of fellowships awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1989, 1990-91.
Residential fellowships from the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities, 1991, 2005, 2011.
Fellowship, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for study in Rothenburg, 1991.
Joseph J. Malone Fellowship awarded by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations for study in Egypt, 1987.
Research Fellowship, Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1981.

Research Interests
Social history of ancient medicine, the historical relationship of medicine to religion, and the historical relationship of science to religion.

Professional Organizations
International Society of the History of Medicine.
American Association for the History of Medicine.
American Osler Society (elected 1996).
The Society for Ancient Medicine.
Association of Ancient Historians.

Elective and Appointive Positions in Professional Organizations or Agencies:
Councilor, American Association for the History of Medicine, 2014-2017.
Member, Advisory Board, Conference on Medicine and Religion, 2013-present.
Councilor, 2008-present, International Society of the History of Medicine; Associate General Secretary, 2002-08; Councilor, 1997-2002; Vice President, 1996-97; U.S. National Delegate, 1993-97.
Member, Commission on Objectives and Quality, International Society of the History of Medicine, 2004-06.
Member, International Scientific Committee, 45th International Congress of the History of Medicine, Cairo, 2010.
Member, International Scientific Committee, Fifth International Meeting of the History of Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2008-09.
Member, International Scientific Committee, 41st International Congress of the History of Medicine, Mexico City, 2007-08.
Member, Organizing Committee, II Reunion Internacional de Historia de la Medicina, Mexico City, 2003-04.
Member, Special Emphasis Panels for G-13 Publication Grants, National Library of Medicine (NIH), Washington, D.C., 2003, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014.
Chairman, John P. McGovern Award Lecture Committee, American Osler Society, 2001-02; member, 1998-2002.
Senior Scholar and member of the International Advisory Board, Care: A History of the Idea and Practice, Warren T. Reich, Georgetown University, P. I, 2001-2010.
Member, Consultative Committee, 38th Congress of the History of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001-02.
Member, Nominations Committee, American Association for the History of Medicine, 2001-02.
Member, International Academic Committee, International Colloquium on Cranial Trepanation in Human History, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U. K., 2000.
Chairman, Garrison Lectureship Committee, American Association of the History of Medicine, 1998-99.
Member, Program Committee, American Association of the History of Medicine meeting in Williamsburg, 1996-97.
Member, International Committee, Symposium on Medicine in Hellenized Jewish Lore and Early Christian Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1996.
Member, Shryock Medal Committee, American Association of the History of Medicine, 1994-95.
Member, Executive Board, Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, 1973-74.

Editorial Boards of Professional Journals:
Member, Editorial Board, History of Medicine (Moscow), 2014-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Questions of History of Medicine (Moscow), 2010.
Member, International Advisory Board, International Journal of the History of Medicine (Baku), 2009.
Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of Medical Biography (London), 2004-2012; reappointed 2012.
Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine (Istanbul), 2003-present.
Member, International Advisory Board, Analecta Historico-Medica (Mexico City), 2002-present.
Member, Editorial Management Board, Vesalius (Edinburgh), 2000-2010; Editorial Management Board, 2010-present.
Member, Advisory Editorial Board, Bulletin of the History of Medicine (Baltimore), 1994-97.
Associate Editor for the Classical Literatures and Cultures Section, Selecta (Journal of the Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages), 1988-92.

Scientific Publications

Author of over 200 works.

2015, Ferngren, G., ‘Galen and the Christians in Rome’, forthcoming in History of Medicine.

2015, Ferngren, G., ‘Healing Cults’, forthcoming in Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Eric M. Orlin, Editor in Chief. New York: Routledge.

2015, Ferngren, G. ‘Religion and Sciences’, in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Second edition. James D. Wright, Editor in Chief. 26 vols. Oxford: Elsevier/Pergamon. Vol. 20: 284-291.

2014, Ferngren, G., Medicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xii+241. Published simultaneously in hardbound and paperback.

2014, Ferngren, G., ‘The Sick Poor: How do we define them and what should we do with them?’ History of Medicine (Moscow) 1, pp. 135-145.

2014, Ferngren, G., ‘History of Medicine (Western)’, in Encyclopedia of Science and Religion, Nina P. Azari, Editor in Chief. Springer Publishing. Vol. 20: 1001-1006.

2012, Ferngren, G., ‘Medicine and Religion–A Historical Perspective’, Chapter 1 in The Textbook of Spirituality in Health Care, ed. by Mark Cobb, Christina Puchalski, and Bruce Rumbold. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 3-10.

2011, Ferngren, G., ‘Christianity and Science’, in the Routledge Companion for Religion and Science, ed. James W. Haag, Gregory R. Peterson, and Michael L. Spezio New York: Routledge, pp. 58-68.

Bibliography of Gary Ferngren