The Society for Social Medicine and Population Health is devoted to the study of health in its widest sense. It recognises the broad determinants of health – income and poverty, education, environmental factors such as housing and transport – as well as health care and genetic influences. The Society aims to promote the development of scientific knowledge in social medicine. This covers a range of subjects, including epidemiology, the medical and health needs of society, the provision and organisation of health services and the prevention of disease. The nature of social medicine requires a multi-disciplinary approach to the development of scientific knowledge. The disciplines involved include medicine, epidemiology, statistics, economics, social science and many others. Membership of the Society is open to anyone whose work is consistent with the Society’s objective. To achieve its objective, the Society holds an annual scientific meeting and one or two other scientific meetings each year which focus on particular themes. The formats of the meetings allow for presentations by researchers and leading experts in their fields, reports of new research findings, and opportunities for developing and maintaining networks and friendships. The Society also maintains a website and a blog, distributes a newsletter and other relevant material to its members, and responds to consultation documents. The Society is affiliated with the European Public Health Association and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association’s European Epidemiology Federation. The Society was founded in 1956.
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We are looking for #dementiacarers to take part in our study, which is funded by the UK Health Security Agency and examines #healthcommunication about #COVID19 and other respiratory infections for people living with dementia. We offer a £20 payment for the contribution to the study! Please get in touch with Bethany Linder at Brighton and Sussex Medical School to arrange an interview date. Thank you 😊
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Meet your SSM Early Career Researchers! 👇 "I recommend getting involved in the SSM mentoring scheme which pairs ECR mentees with senior mentors in broadly the same research area. Mentors can provide support, guidance and advice on many aspects of a research career." In our November edition of our "ECRs featuring..." blog series, meet Jingmin Zhu, a Research Associate from Imperial College London and Mentoring Officer on the ECR subcommittee. Jingmin tells us about why she enjoys health economics, her current project evaluating food tax policy in India, and her recommended activities for ECRs! https://lnkd.in/eeM4UF2S
Meet your SSM Early Career Researchers! 👇 "I recommend getting involved in the SSM mentoring scheme which pairs ECR mentees with senior mentors in broadly the same research area. Mentors can provide support, guidance and advice on many aspects of a research career." In our November edition of our "ECRs featuring..." blog series, meet Jingmin Zhu, a Research Associate from Imperial College London and Mentoring Officer on the ECR subcommittee. Jingmin tells us about why she enjoys health economics, her current project evaluating food tax policy in India, and her recommended activities for ECRs! https://lnkd.in/eeM4UF2S
Read our latest blog featuring Dr Sarah Crozier who is the current Honorary Treasuer of SSM 👇 LINK 📰 https://lnkd.in/dUBzprWM
Are you looking to attend another conference this year? Our friends at the UK Public Health Science Conference are still accepting registrations for their #Cardiff conference, Nov 28-29. Includes: research, networking, and inspiring keynotes from Prof Sir Michael Marmot, Prof Ruth Hunter, and Prof Liz Green! 🧬🌍 Plus, an early career researchers event on career development & public engagement. Registration & info: https://lnkd.in/emewt6AW
A couple of opportunities at Kohlrabi that maybe of interest to SSM members, including a competition for PhD students and a part time Research Assistant role. PhD student competition: Kohlrabi is committed to supporting the next generation of researchers. They are offering PhD students a £50 prize (and free training and mentoring) for best lay summary of their PhD research which members of the public (on our panel) consider as having the most social impact in real life. More information here https://lnkd.in/eaeWNBrm Research assistant role: The job: They are looking for a Research Assistant (RA) position for ~1 day per week (0.2 FTE) until the end of January 2025 – with an ongoing position dependent on funding. Remote working, flexible hours. Tasks: managing survey datasets, cleaning and analysing closed and open text questions data using R. https://lnkd.in/eBPAsUKN
New blog alert! In the latest edition of our ECR blog series, we hear from Roxana P., a PhD student at the University of Glasgow. Roxana tells us all about her path into public health research, what she's working on now, and highlights from organising this year's ECR day at the SSM Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow! https://lnkd.in/eu39N2di
Job alert! We are looking for a researcher to lead development of a typology of policy functions to support healthy, sustainable and equitable diets. You'll be based at MRC Epidemiology Unit and get to work with me, Martin White, Christian Reynolds, Christina Vogel, Peter Scarborough, Fran Bernhardt and many others. https://lnkd.in/e4kxTkyy Please get in touch if you have any questions.
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Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy, Global Health Policy Unit, University of Edinburgh
It was a pleasure to answer questions for the Society of Social Medicine and Population Health on the role the society has played in my career and how I ended up doing what I do: Hopefully useful to some students and early career folks out there. I am very grateful the society exists and would recommend it to anyone! https://lnkd.in/dh_CMhUv
Our new blog is live 📣🎉 Nason Maani from The University of Edinburgh shares with us the story of his journey in population health, including what inspired him to change career paths and begin working in the field of commercial determinants of health (#CDOH), and how being a member of SSM has influenced his career. Read here 👇 https://lnkd.in/drbAQEbW