William C Summers MD, PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology, in the History of Medicine and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; Lecturer in History
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: DNA Dynamics
Global Health Initiative: Anthropology & Culture | Infectious Diseases
MacMillan Center: East Asian Studies
History of Medicine
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Therapeutic Radiology: Radiobiology | Summers Lab
Research Interests
History of molecular biology; Development of target theory; History of Manchurian Plague, 1910-1911 more...
Education
- BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1961
- M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1963
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967
- M.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967
Selected Publications
- Summers, W.C. (2010). Physics and Genes: Einstein to Delbrück. In Sloan, Philip (ed.) The Three Man Paper. Univ of Chicago Press, [in press]
- Schaechter, M., Summers, W.C., et al. eds. (2009). Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition. New York and London: Elsevier. Six volumes.
- Summers, W.C. (2007). Antibiotic Resistance: A Historical Introduction. In: Lewis, K., Salyers, A.A., Taber, H.W., and Wax, R.G (eds) Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials: Mechanisms, Genetics, Medical Practice, and Public Health, Second Ed.. New York: Marcel Dekker.
