ASA Medical Sociology
@asamedsoc.bsky.social
The official Bluesky account for the American Sociological Association Section on Medical Sociology.
https://www.asanet.org/asa_sections/medical-sociology/
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The countdown is on! There are just 20 days left to submit your research for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting! The online portal for submissions is open for papers/extended abstracts, courses, precons, symposiums, and workshops. Deadline is Feb. 25 by 9:00 p.m. Eastern. https://bit.ly/ASA26portal
February 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The countdown is on! There are just 20 days left to submit your research for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting! The online portal for submissions is open for papers/extended abstracts, courses, precons, symposiums, and workshops. Deadline is Feb. 25 by 9:00 p.m. Eastern. https://bit.ly/ASA26portal
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📢 Call for Award 📢
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
📢 Call for Award 📢
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
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How does gender and sexual orientation shape stress and emotion work among spousal caregivers for those living with Dementia? #NewPublication explores: bit.ly/4qTTH1c
By Toni Calasanti Brian de Vries Sadie Snow & Jing Geng
@virginiatech.bsky.social @SFSU @HollinsU @asamedsoc.bsky.social
By Toni Calasanti Brian de Vries Sadie Snow & Jing Geng
@virginiatech.bsky.social @SFSU @HollinsU @asamedsoc.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
How does gender and sexual orientation shape stress and emotion work among spousal caregivers for those living with Dementia? #NewPublication explores: bit.ly/4qTTH1c
By Toni Calasanti Brian de Vries Sadie Snow & Jing Geng
@virginiatech.bsky.social @SFSU @HollinsU @asamedsoc.bsky.social
By Toni Calasanti Brian de Vries Sadie Snow & Jing Geng
@virginiatech.bsky.social @SFSU @HollinsU @asamedsoc.bsky.social
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📣 Call for Medical Sociology Section Logo Design 📣
Please email submissions and questions to:
Jon Shaffer (Membership Committee Chair - Medical Sociology)
Please email submissions and questions to:
Jon Shaffer (Membership Committee Chair - Medical Sociology)
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
📣 Call for Medical Sociology Section Logo Design 📣
Please email submissions and questions to:
Jon Shaffer (Membership Committee Chair - Medical Sociology)
Please email submissions and questions to:
Jon Shaffer (Membership Committee Chair - Medical Sociology)
Welcome to our social media team!
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
February 2, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Welcome to our social media team!
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
🎉 Welcome our Social Media Team!
Dr. Mudasir Mustafa (UWF), Social Media Coordinator
Zheng (Noah) Lian (Vanderbilt)
Momna Rani (UNT)
Follow us on BlueSky for section news & updates!
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Session Postponed! New date will be posted soon 📢
January’s Mentor of the Month session on the current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research has been postponed. It was orginally scheduled on January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #ASAMedicalSociology #ASAMentalHealth
January’s Mentor of the Month session on the current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research has been postponed. It was orginally scheduled on January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #ASAMedicalSociology #ASAMentalHealth
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Session Postponed! New date will be posted soon 📢
January’s Mentor of the Month session on the current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research has been postponed. It was orginally scheduled on January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #ASAMedicalSociology #ASAMentalHealth
January’s Mentor of the Month session on the current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research has been postponed. It was orginally scheduled on January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #ASAMedicalSociology #ASAMentalHealth
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How does the bilateral trust between parents and healthcare professionals affect childhood vaccine hesitancy? #NewPublication draws on a team ethnography in seven European countries
Read here to learn more: bit.ly/4qNOEiU
Read here to learn more: bit.ly/4qNOEiU
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
How does the bilateral trust between parents and healthcare professionals affect childhood vaccine hesitancy? #NewPublication draws on a team ethnography in seven European countries
Read here to learn more: bit.ly/4qNOEiU
Read here to learn more: bit.ly/4qNOEiU
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📢 Join us: January’s Mentor of the Month session on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
📢 Join us: January’s Mentor of the Month session on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Call for Extended Abstracts.pdf
drive.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🧠 Call for Submissions!
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
Join an interdisciplinary workshop at Yale (May 11–12), shaping the future of life-course cognitive inequality research.
📅 Deadline: March 1
🔗 Submit here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xS37...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
🚨 Funding Opportunity 🚨
INRPHA (funded by @NIH_NIA) is accepting pilot project proposals to advance research on rural population health & aging disparities.
💵 Awards up to $35K
🗓 Deadline: April 10
🔗 Learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1YESp...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
INRPHA (funded by @NIH_NIA) is accepting pilot project proposals to advance research on rural population health & aging disparities.
💵 Awards up to $35K
🗓 Deadline: April 10
🔗 Learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1YESp...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
INRPHA RFP_Year 3 Pilots_Final.pdf
drive.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🚨 Funding Opportunity 🚨
INRPHA (funded by @NIH_NIA) is accepting pilot project proposals to advance research on rural population health & aging disparities.
💵 Awards up to $35K
🗓 Deadline: April 10
🔗 Learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1YESp...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
INRPHA (funded by @NIH_NIA) is accepting pilot project proposals to advance research on rural population health & aging disparities.
💵 Awards up to $35K
🗓 Deadline: April 10
🔗 Learn more: drive.google.com/file/d/1YESp...
#ASA #MedicalSociology
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What does air quality sensing feel like? #NewPublication examines the emotional dimensions of sensor use among parents of asthmatic children: bit.ly/4qPomfw
By Casey J. Mullen, Sara E. Grineski, M. Manuela Herrera, L. Piper Christian & Jessica Cuello
@northeasternu.bsky.social @utah.edu
By Casey J. Mullen, Sara E. Grineski, M. Manuela Herrera, L. Piper Christian & Jessica Cuello
@northeasternu.bsky.social @utah.edu
January 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
What does air quality sensing feel like? #NewPublication examines the emotional dimensions of sensor use among parents of asthmatic children: bit.ly/4qPomfw
By Casey J. Mullen, Sara E. Grineski, M. Manuela Herrera, L. Piper Christian & Jessica Cuello
@northeasternu.bsky.social @utah.edu
By Casey J. Mullen, Sara E. Grineski, M. Manuela Herrera, L. Piper Christian & Jessica Cuello
@northeasternu.bsky.social @utah.edu
⭐Call for Abstracts for 7the ELSI Congress 📣
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is January 16 – February 16.
#Abstracts
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is January 16 – February 16.
#Abstracts
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
⭐Call for Abstracts for 7the ELSI Congress 📣
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is January 16 – February 16.
#Abstracts
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is January 16 – February 16.
#Abstracts
📢 Call for Howard B. Kaplan Memorial Award (2026) 🏆
Nominate your grad student, if their research is related to mental health, self-concept & health, or deviance.
Send CV + faculty nomination letter.
Must be ASA + Section student member.
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Nominate your grad student, if their research is related to mental health, self-concept & health, or deviance.
Send CV + faculty nomination letter.
Must be ASA + Section student member.
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
📢 Call for Howard B. Kaplan Memorial Award (2026) 🏆
Nominate your grad student, if their research is related to mental health, self-concept & health, or deviance.
Send CV + faculty nomination letter.
Must be ASA + Section student member.
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Nominate your grad student, if their research is related to mental health, self-concept & health, or deviance.
Send CV + faculty nomination letter.
Must be ASA + Section student member.
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
📢 Call for Leo G. Reeder Award (2027) 🏆
Time for Nominating for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology!!
Due Date: Apr 1, 2026.
Required documents: letter(s)+CV
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Time for Nominating for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology!!
Due Date: Apr 1, 2026.
Required documents: letter(s)+CV
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
📢 Call for Leo G. Reeder Award (2027) 🏆
Time for Nominating for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology!!
Due Date: Apr 1, 2026.
Required documents: letter(s)+CV
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Time for Nominating for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology!!
Due Date: Apr 1, 2026.
Required documents: letter(s)+CV
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
🌟Call for Nominations for 2026 ASA Section Awards! 🌟
ASA Medical Sociology Section honor excellence in books, articles, dissertations, and career and student achievements.
Nominate your colleagues and students to recognize their work. 🌟
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
ASA Medical Sociology Section honor excellence in books, articles, dissertations, and career and student achievements.
Nominate your colleagues and students to recognize their work. 🌟
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
🌟Call for Nominations for 2026 ASA Section Awards! 🌟
ASA Medical Sociology Section honor excellence in books, articles, dissertations, and career and student achievements.
Nominate your colleagues and students to recognize their work. 🌟
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
ASA Medical Sociology Section honor excellence in books, articles, dissertations, and career and student achievements.
Nominate your colleagues and students to recognize their work. 🌟
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
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In our December issue, read about the impacts of naturalization on mortality risks among immigrants to the US: bit.ly/40XQao6
By Thoa V. Khuu Jennifer Van Hook & Kendal L. Lowrey
@pop.psu.edu @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#InternationalMigrantsDay
By Thoa V. Khuu Jennifer Van Hook & Kendal L. Lowrey
@pop.psu.edu @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#InternationalMigrantsDay
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In our December issue, read about the impacts of naturalization on mortality risks among immigrants to the US: bit.ly/40XQao6
By Thoa V. Khuu Jennifer Van Hook & Kendal L. Lowrey
@pop.psu.edu @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#InternationalMigrantsDay
By Thoa V. Khuu Jennifer Van Hook & Kendal L. Lowrey
@pop.psu.edu @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#InternationalMigrantsDay
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#NewPublication reveals that metro areas with zoning laws that restrict housing density to low levels have wider race, ethnic, and income disparities in health: bit.ly/4bjoyze
By Kate W. Strully Tse-Chuan Yang Chunxu Fang &Han Liu
@UAlbany @UTSA @asamedsoc.bsky.social
By Kate W. Strully Tse-Chuan Yang Chunxu Fang &Han Liu
@UAlbany @UTSA @asamedsoc.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
#NewPublication reveals that metro areas with zoning laws that restrict housing density to low levels have wider race, ethnic, and income disparities in health: bit.ly/4bjoyze
By Kate W. Strully Tse-Chuan Yang Chunxu Fang &Han Liu
@UAlbany @UTSA @asamedsoc.bsky.social
By Kate W. Strully Tse-Chuan Yang Chunxu Fang &Han Liu
@UAlbany @UTSA @asamedsoc.bsky.social
📢 Call for Award📢
Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award
The Freidson Award is given in alternate years to a book or journal article published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of medical sociology.
Due date: February 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award
The Freidson Award is given in alternate years to a book or journal article published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of medical sociology.
Due date: February 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
📢 Call for Award📢
Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award
The Freidson Award is given in alternate years to a book or journal article published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of medical sociology.
Due date: February 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award
The Freidson Award is given in alternate years to a book or journal article published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of medical sociology.
Due date: February 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
📢 Call for Award 📢
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
📢 Call for Award 📢
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Donald W. Light Award for the Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology: One award to a book and one award to a journal article that deploys the concepts and methods of medical sociology.
Due date: March 1, 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
📢 Join us: January’s Mentor of the Month session on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
📢 Join us: January’s Mentor of the Month session on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
📢 Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation in Medical Sociology Award 📢
Eligibility: Eligible candidates must have defended their doctoral dissertations within two academic years prior to the annual meeting at which the award is made.
Deadline Feb 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Eligibility: Eligible candidates must have defended their doctoral dissertations within two academic years prior to the annual meeting at which the award is made.
Deadline Feb 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
📢 Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation in Medical Sociology Award 📢
Eligibility: Eligible candidates must have defended their doctoral dissertations within two academic years prior to the annual meeting at which the award is made.
Deadline Feb 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
Eligibility: Eligible candidates must have defended their doctoral dissertations within two academic years prior to the annual meeting at which the award is made.
Deadline Feb 1 2026
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Awards
🎓 Support ASA Student Travel Awards
✈️ Help students attend the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting! Our goal is to raise $20,000 to support 50 students. 🗓️ Donate by Dec 31, 2025 for the greatest impact. Every contribution helps expand opportunities for future sociologists.
✈️ Help students attend the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting! Our goal is to raise $20,000 to support 50 students. 🗓️ Donate by Dec 31, 2025 for the greatest impact. Every contribution helps expand opportunities for future sociologists.
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🎓 Support ASA Student Travel Awards
✈️ Help students attend the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting! Our goal is to raise $20,000 to support 50 students. 🗓️ Donate by Dec 31, 2025 for the greatest impact. Every contribution helps expand opportunities for future sociologists.
✈️ Help students attend the 2026 ASA Annual Meeting! Our goal is to raise $20,000 to support 50 students. 🗓️ Donate by Dec 31, 2025 for the greatest impact. Every contribution helps expand opportunities for future sociologists.
New Book Alert ‼️
Trial by Treatment: Punishing Illness in an Age of Criminal Legal Reform
Authored Mary Ellen Stitt
"A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment." — The University of Chicago Press
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Trial by Treatment: Punishing Illness in an Age of Criminal Legal Reform
Authored Mary Ellen Stitt
"A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment." — The University of Chicago Press
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Trial by Treatment
A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment. Every year, courts send hundreds of thousands of people to treatment-based programs as…
press.uchicago.edu
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
New Book Alert ‼️
Trial by Treatment: Punishing Illness in an Age of Criminal Legal Reform
Authored Mary Ellen Stitt
"A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment." — The University of Chicago Press
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Trial by Treatment: Punishing Illness in an Age of Criminal Legal Reform
Authored Mary Ellen Stitt
"A troubling account of the unexpected impacts of treatment-based alternatives to criminal punishment." — The University of Chicago Press
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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In our December issue Matthew Grace finds that personal and vicarious stress exposure predict greater anticipatory stress among marginalized groups. Read here to learn more: bit.ly/3MuAX9f
#NewPublication @HamiltonCollege @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#NewPublication @HamiltonCollege @asamedsoc.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In our December issue Matthew Grace finds that personal and vicarious stress exposure predict greater anticipatory stress among marginalized groups. Read here to learn more: bit.ly/3MuAX9f
#NewPublication @HamiltonCollege @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#NewPublication @HamiltonCollege @asamedsoc.bsky.social
📢 Join us:
January’s Mentor of the Month sessio on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
January’s Mentor of the Month sessio on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
📢 Join us:
January’s Mentor of the Month sessio on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia
January’s Mentor of the Month sessio on:
The current climate for federal funding of medical sociological research 📢
Co-hosted by ASA Medical Sociology section & Mental Health section!
When: Friday January 30, 2026: 3 pm (EST)/12 pm PST
#ASA #MedicalSociology #Funding #Academia