European Society of Health and Medical Sociology
@eshms.bsky.social
The ESHMS is a group of scientists involved in health and medical sociology research, health policies, health promotion and social epidemiology
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ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
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ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
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Want to join the International Social Epidemiology Society for FREE?
Connect with colleagues at all career stages, get updates about our events, & receive an exclusive discount for our 2026 conference!
Become a member for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u or scan the QR code in the flyer!
Connect with colleagues at all career stages, get updates about our events, & receive an exclusive discount for our 2026 conference!
Become a member for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u or scan the QR code in the flyer!
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Want to join the International Social Epidemiology Society for FREE?
Connect with colleagues at all career stages, get updates about our events, & receive an exclusive discount for our 2026 conference!
Become a member for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u or scan the QR code in the flyer!
Connect with colleagues at all career stages, get updates about our events, & receive an exclusive discount for our 2026 conference!
Become a member for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u or scan the QR code in the flyer!
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🎓 Call for Applications!
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎓 Call for Applications!
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
🎓 Call for Applications!
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎓 Call for Applications!
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
ESHMS offers Research Visit Grants 2026 – up to €1,000 for travel & accommodation to support international collaboration in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu/researchvisi...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology #Research
📢 Reminder!
The deadline for session proposals for the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2026 Conference (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug) is 31 Oct 2025 ⏰
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
📩 info-eshms2026@uke.de
🔗 www.uke.de/english/depa...
#HealthSociology #MentalHealth
The deadline for session proposals for the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2026 Conference (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug) is 31 Oct 2025 ⏰
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
📩 info-eshms2026@uke.de
🔗 www.uke.de/english/depa...
#HealthSociology #MentalHealth
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Reminder!
The deadline for session proposals for the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2026 Conference (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug) is 31 Oct 2025 ⏰
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
📩 info-eshms2026@uke.de
🔗 www.uke.de/english/depa...
#HealthSociology #MentalHealth
The deadline for session proposals for the European Society of Health and Medical Sociology 2026 Conference (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug) is 31 Oct 2025 ⏰
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
📩 info-eshms2026@uke.de
🔗 www.uke.de/english/depa...
#HealthSociology #MentalHealth
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A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A study published in JAMA found acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS, spoke with senior author Brian Lee, PhD, about the study’s findings. ja.ma/4nugLSF
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🖼️ New in The Lancet, 32 images provide a photographic accompaniment to the work of the Lancet Series on the health benefits of the arts, in collaboration with @who.int
Explore the images: tinyurl.com/bdcptc2x
Explore the images: tinyurl.com/bdcptc2x
Visualising relationships between the arts and health
The American photographer Irving Penn (1917–2009) described a good photograph as one
“that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person
for having seen it”. This photo...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🖼️ New in The Lancet, 32 images provide a photographic accompaniment to the work of the Lancet Series on the health benefits of the arts, in collaboration with @who.int
Explore the images: tinyurl.com/bdcptc2x
Explore the images: tinyurl.com/bdcptc2x
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📢 Call for Session Proposals – ESHMS 2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
September 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📢 Call for Session Proposals – ESHMS 2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
This European study suggest that gendered life courses contribute to different patterns of cognitive and relational reserve accumulation for men and women, and that welfare states buffer the negative consequences of adverse life courses on cognitive health
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September 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This European study suggest that gendered life courses contribute to different patterns of cognitive and relational reserve accumulation for men and women, and that welfare states buffer the negative consequences of adverse life courses on cognitive health
academic.oup.com/aje/article/...
academic.oup.com/aje/article/...
📢 Call for Session Proposals – ESHMS 2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
September 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📢 Call for Session Proposals – ESHMS 2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
We are delighted to announce the launch of the call for sessions for the 21st Biennial ESHMS Conference in Hamburg, 19–21 August 2026.
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
Deadline for proposals: 31 October 2025 ⏰
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This cohort study found associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and various health outcomes at age 50, particularly poor mental health and severe pain. ja.ma/4lOaSOr
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This cohort study found associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and various health outcomes at age 50, particularly poor mental health and severe pain. ja.ma/4lOaSOr
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This survey study found that 21.2% of US medical students experience food insecurity, nearly double the national household average. ja.ma/47kjCrX
August 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This survey study found that 21.2% of US medical students experience food insecurity, nearly double the national household average. ja.ma/47kjCrX
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New @bmj.com research: Patient healthcare spending after the No Surprises Act: quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study.
Linked opinion: The United States faces a healthcare affordability crisis.
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Linked opinion: The United States faces a healthcare affordability crisis.
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New @bmj.com research: Patient healthcare spending after the No Surprises Act: quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study.
Linked opinion: The United States faces a healthcare affordability crisis.
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Linked opinion: The United States faces a healthcare affordability crisis.
Read more: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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SAVE THE DATE: The 2026 IEA European Congress of Epidemiology and 70th @socsocmed.bsky.social Annual Conference will take place in London, UK on 8th-11th September 2026!
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
July 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
SAVE THE DATE: The 2026 IEA European Congress of Epidemiology and 70th @socsocmed.bsky.social Annual Conference will take place in London, UK on 8th-11th September 2026!
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
#EpiSky #EuroEpi2026
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Interesting piece of Cristian Montenegro and @judegreen.bsky.social published in Social Theory and Health: Engagement and qualitative sociology are distinct
Read rdcu.be/ev44L
Read rdcu.be/ev44L
Engagement and qualitative sociology in health research: proximal, but incongruent
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July 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Interesting piece of Cristian Montenegro and @judegreen.bsky.social published in Social Theory and Health: Engagement and qualitative sociology are distinct
Read rdcu.be/ev44L
Read rdcu.be/ev44L
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Postdoctoral Fellow Awards – Outstanding Promise in Social Epidemiology
Yang Han, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Timothy Sumerlin, New York University Shanghai (China)
Yinhua Tao, University of Cambridge (UK)
Yang Han, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Timothy Sumerlin, New York University Shanghai (China)
Yinhua Tao, University of Cambridge (UK)
June 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Postdoctoral Fellow Awards – Outstanding Promise in Social Epidemiology
Yang Han, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Timothy Sumerlin, New York University Shanghai (China)
Yinhua Tao, University of Cambridge (UK)
Yang Han, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Timothy Sumerlin, New York University Shanghai (China)
Yinhua Tao, University of Cambridge (UK)
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Considered to be the father of social epidemiology, Len Syme died earlier this year at the age of 92.
In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky
tinyurl.com/5yyndtk8
In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky
tinyurl.com/5yyndtk8
What would Len say?
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June 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Considered to be the father of social epidemiology, Len Syme died earlier this year at the age of 92.
In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky
tinyurl.com/5yyndtk8
In this month's SSM-Population Health, Berkman & Krieger pen a tribute asking: “What would Len say?”―as public health faces multiple threats in the U.S.
#SocialEpi #EpiSky
tinyurl.com/5yyndtk8
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Last week I had a fantastic opportunity to learn about reflexivity and participatory approaches in qualitative health research at the @eshms.bsky.social Qualitative Workshop for Early Career Scholars at the University of Turin, Italy!
June 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Last week I had a fantastic opportunity to learn about reflexivity and participatory approaches in qualitative health research at the @eshms.bsky.social Qualitative Workshop for Early Career Scholars at the University of Turin, Italy!
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Prospective registration was associated with a reduced risk of bias for randomized controlled trials: A meta-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Prospective registration was associated with a reduced risk of bias for randomized controlled trials: A meta-research study
To investigate the association between trial registration and the risk of bias.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Prospective registration was associated with a reduced risk of bias for randomized controlled trials: A meta-research study - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Social inequalities in the effects of school-based well-being interventions: a systematic review academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Social inequalities in the effects of school-based well-being interventions: a systematic review academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | NEJM
Amid growing wealth disparity, we have little information on how health among older
Americans compares with that among older Europeans across the distribution of wealth.
We performed a longitudinal...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
📢 PhD students & early career researchers—apply for the ESHMS Early Career Workshop on Qualitative Methods in Health Research!
📍 Torino | 📅 3–4 June 2025
📩 Apply by 20 April to: alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 Info: eshms.eu/workshops
#HealthSociology #QualitativeResearch
📍 Torino | 📅 3–4 June 2025
📩 Apply by 20 April to: alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 Info: eshms.eu/workshops
#HealthSociology #QualitativeResearch
Workshops - ESHMS
2025 Early Career WorkshopQualitative Methods in Health Research 3-4June2025Campus Luigi Einaudi, Torino-Italy The European Society of Health and Medical Sociology is pleased to announce its midterm E...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 PhD students & early career researchers—apply for the ESHMS Early Career Workshop on Qualitative Methods in Health Research!
📍 Torino | 📅 3–4 June 2025
📩 Apply by 20 April to: alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 Info: eshms.eu/workshops
#HealthSociology #QualitativeResearch
📍 Torino | 📅 3–4 June 2025
📩 Apply by 20 April to: alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 Info: eshms.eu/workshops
#HealthSociology #QualitativeResearch
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"Using missingness directed acyclic graphs (m-DAGs) to guide the treatment of multivariable missing data in epidemiological studies"
Don't miss the next #CIIG seminar with @margaritamb.bsky.social on 7th April 2025 at *9am* BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Don't miss the next #CIIG seminar with @margaritamb.bsky.social on 7th April 2025 at *9am* BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
March 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"Using missingness directed acyclic graphs (m-DAGs) to guide the treatment of multivariable missing data in epidemiological studies"
Don't miss the next #CIIG seminar with @margaritamb.bsky.social on 7th April 2025 at *9am* BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
Don't miss the next #CIIG seminar with @margaritamb.bsky.social on 7th April 2025 at *9am* BST!
Register at: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#EpiSky #CausalSky
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Faculty of Social Sciences at Univ. of Helsinki invites applications for the position of UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN SOCIAL DATA SCIENCE for a permanent appointment starting 1st of September 2025. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
University Lecturer in Social Data Science
University Lecturer in Social Data Science
jobs.helsinki.fi
February 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Faculty of Social Sciences at Univ. of Helsinki invites applications for the position of UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN SOCIAL DATA SCIENCE for a permanent appointment starting 1st of September 2025. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Looking for 2 post docs at Helsinki Uni jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Social Inequalities in Health
Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Social Inequalities in Health
jobs.helsinki.fi
February 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Looking for 2 post docs at Helsinki Uni jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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We've known social disadvantage was linked to adverse health outcomes. A @NatureMedicine study used high- throughput proteomics to show there is accelerated aging, increased risk of 66 age-related diseases, and unfavorable changes in the immune system, ⬆️ inflammation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We've known social disadvantage was linked to adverse health outcomes. A @NatureMedicine study used high- throughput proteomics to show there is accelerated aging, increased risk of 66 age-related diseases, and unfavorable changes in the immune system, ⬆️ inflammation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...