📢 A Great News!

Deadline Extended for Louise Johnson Scholar Travel Grant! 🎓
The Louise Johnson Scholar fund was established in memory of Louise Johnson, a pioneering medical sociologist. This fund was made possible by Sam Bloom of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

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Join us for a Mentor of the Month session on federal funding of medical sociological research.

For any questions: Reach out to Tasleem Padamsee (padamsee.1@osu.edu) or Cathy van de Ruit (cvanderuit@ursinus.edu).

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Advance the Discipline of Sociology: Donate to ASA | American Sociological Association

Travel Awards for Annual Meeting Open April 7

The Student Forum Travel Award is exclusively for student members, including a waiver of registration fees.

Consider contributing / Donate:
www.asanet.org/donate and select the top option “Student Travel Award Fund.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology - Northampton, Massachusetts job with Smith College | 1311443 The Department of Sociology at Smith College invites applications for a 3-year, position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.

📢 Job Opportunity: Smith College seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology specializing in medicine, health, and/or the body. Join the Department of Sociology.
📅 Deadline: March 24, 2026
(careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311443/...)
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New Publication!

Cai, X. (2026), “Stratified Medicalization Rerouted: Lesbian Women’s Turn to IVF As Pragmatic Overmedicalization Amid Stratified Reproduction”. Social Science & Medicine, 398: 119160. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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A new publication alert!

Joshua, Kaitlin H. 2026. “‘I Thought I Could Postpartum-Proof My Experience’: Embodying, Resisting, and Negotiating Medicalization Online.” Social Science & Medicine 398:119157. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Recent Publications by ASA Med Soc Members

Zhou, Amy. 2026. Unequal Worlds of Care: The Politics of Global Health in Malawi. 1st ed. University of California Press.
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www.jstor.org/stable/jj.39...

Join " Virtual Panel on the Rural Health Transformation Program"

Register in advance to receive Zoom Link!

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Long Covid & Society A conference website for the Long Covid and Society Symposium, providing information about the event schedule, speaker biographies, live stream access, registration, and details about the symposium…

Join the *Columbia University Symposium: Long Covid and Society* on April 20, 2026 (in-person & virtual). Scholars & experts from sociology, medicine, and public health will discuss Long Covid and its impact on social inequalities from global perspectives. #ASA #MedicalSociology
longcov.id/society

ASA offers so many opportunities for members to connect! Find out about webinars, online meetings, and other events that ASA, Sections, and Communities have planned on the ASA Calendar! Visit http://asanet.org/calendar

📢 A Great News!

Deadline Extended for Louise Johnson Scholar Travel Grant! 🎓
The Louise Johnson Scholar fund was established in memory of Louise Johnson, a pioneering medical sociologist. This fund was made possible by Sam Bloom of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

#ASA #MedicalSociology

March 8 is #WomensDay ->
#NewPublication explores how women’s depressive symptoms unfold across children’s early life, and compares these trajectories across the US, the UK, and Australia: bit.ly/4ud4VA2
By Shannon Cavanagh & Asya Saydam
@utaustin.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

In our March issue, read about the associations between social polarization and prevalence of cardiometabolic disease across neighborhoods: bit.ly/4rZDKHi
#NewPublication By Ethan Siu Leung Cheung David S. Curtis Sara Grineski Yehua Dennis Wei &Ming Wen
@utah.edu @asamedsoc.bsky.social

This book offers a comprehensive yet accessible guide to causal mediation analysis for social scientists. It explores why an exposure affects an outcome by quantifying the processes and mechanisms through which a causal effect operates. Visit book website for resources: causalmedanalysis.github.io.

Causal Mediation Analysis | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Are you Interested in learning Mediation Analysis?

Ready newly published book by:

Wodtke, Geoffrey T. and Xiang Zhou. 2026. Causal Mediation Analysis. Cambridge University Press.

www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...

#ASA #MedicalSociology #MediationAnalysis #StatisticalAnalysis

In #NewPublication @sociologylauren.bsky.social & @evangelinewarren.com find that labeling events as discrimination is related to self-rated health, but this relationship depends on how one defines discrimination-> bit.ly/3MSBoKZ
@uncchsociology.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

📣 Call for Medical Sociology Section Logo Design 📣
Please email submissions and questions to:
Jon Shaffer (Membership Committee Chair - Medical Sociology)

Unequal Worlds of Care by Amy Zhou - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu/books/unequa...

🎉 Please join us in congratulating Dr. Any Zhou, Barnard College, Columbia University, for her newly published book "Unequal Worlds of Care"

Book is available at UC Press, with discount code UCPSAVE30, as well as on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.

#ASA #MedicalSociology

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology - Northampton, Massachusetts job with Smith College | 1311443 The Department of Sociology at Smith College invites applications for a 3-year, position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.

📢📢Job Annocument 📢📢

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology - for a 3 years
Smith College, Northampton, MA.
Due Date: Mar 24, 2026

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careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311443/...

Submission deadline Wednesday! Time to put the finishing touches on your materials ASA 2026 Annual Meeting and be sure submit via the online portal by Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 9 p.m. Eastern. https://bit.ly/ASA26portal 

#ASA #ASA2026 #sociology

📢 Call for Papers 📢 - Special issue of Social Science & Medicine - Polarization and Health Policy in a Global Context 📣

Timeline for submissions:

April 30, 2026: Abstracts due
May 30, 2026: Final abstracts selected
October 1, 2026: Manuscript submission selected abstracts

#ASA #MedicalSociology

Just in time for #ValentinesDay: Wondering how that on-again/off-again relationship affects your mental health?
Sarah Halpern-Meekin & @kristinturney.bsky.social explore: bit.ly/3xjM7D1

@uwmadison.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

#NewPublication explores the concept of Racialized Burnout by studying the unequal racialized and gendered experiences encountered by birthworkers of color. To learn more: bit.ly/3MLXsad
By Hyeyoung Oh Nelson Ashlyn Lange Mercy Kibet & Maleeha K. Shah
@cudenverclas.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher - Nashville, Tennessee job with Vanderbilt University Department of Sociology | 1311435 The Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher to join the National Study of Old...

Postdoctoral Researcher

Vanderbilt University
Department of Sociology
Specialization in singlehood, social networks, and health in later life

Application deadline: March 31, 2026

careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311435/...

📢 Virtual Proseminars for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty

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📢ASA Professional Development Opportunities📢
Upcoming Live Webinars for All ASA Members

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Contesting the C Word: The Diagnosis of DCIS and Women's Resistance Against Overtreatment DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ—also known as Stage 0 breast cancer—accounts for approximately 20 per cent of new breast cancer cases. Although it is noninvasive, treatment typically mirrors that o...

🎓 New Publication Alert 📢

Gu, Chien-Juh. 2026. “Contesting the C Word: The Diagnosis of DCIS and Women’s Resistance against Overtreatment.” Sociology of Health & Illness: e70145. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

📢 New Publication Alert 📢

Nelson, Hyeyoung Oh, Lange, Ashlyn, Kibet, Mercy and Maleeha K. Shah. 2026. “Saving Maternal Health: The Racialized Labor and Burnout of Birthworkers of Color in the United States.: Journal of Health and Social Behavior. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

ASA Calendar | American Sociological Association We invite Sections to send us information about their upcoming events, such as webinars and panel discussions, to be featured on the ASA Calendar and in

"📅 Discover what’s coming up! Stay connected with upcoming ASA sessions, networking events & opportunities. Explore the ASA Calendar and plan ahead—don’t miss out! 🔗 www.asanet.org/calendar
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