Jean Ashton

Jean Ashton, PhD, MLS, curator of AIDS in New York: The First Five Years and lead author of this book, is Senior Director of Resources and Programs at the New-York Historical Society. Formerly Executive Vice President and Director of the Library, Dr. Ashton curated Breakthrough: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Insulin (2010 2011) and Be Sure! Be Safe! Get Vaccinated: Smallpox, Vaccination and Civil Liberties in New York (2012). Gerald M. Oppenheimer, PhD, M.P.H, is co-author of AIDS...See more

Jean Ashton, PhD, MLS, curator of AIDS in New York: The First Five Years and lead author of this book, is Senior Director of Resources and Programs at the New-York Historical Society. Formerly Executive Vice President and Director of the Library, Dr. Ashton curated Breakthrough: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Insulin (2010 2011) and Be Sure! Be Safe! Get Vaccinated: Smallpox, Vaccination and Civil Liberties in New York (2012). Gerald M. Oppenheimer, PhD, M.P.H, is co-author of AIDS Doctors: Voices from the Epidemic: An Oral History, 2000. He is also a professor at Brooklyn College, the Graduate Center and the School of Public Health of the City University of New York, and the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. See less