⏰ Reminder: ESHMS Early Career Workshop deadline is April 15!
📍 Hamburg | 18 Aug 2026
🎯 Reflexivity in mental health research
🔹 10 spots | Fee covered
📝 Send motivation + project (250w each) to: melissa.ceuterick@ugent.be & alice.scavarda@unito.it
ℹ️ eshms.eu/conferences
#QualitativeMethods
📢 Travel Grant Alert for ESHMS 2026
Heading to Hamburg for the ESHMS Conference (19–21 Aug)? If you have an accepted abstract, you can apply for a grant up to €1,000.
✅ For: PhDs & ECRs (≤4 yrs post-PhD).
✅ Priority: Low/middle-income countries or no other funding.
⏳ Deadline: 20 April 2026
📢 ESHMS Early Career Workshop: Reflexivity in mental health research.
📍 Hamburg
📅 18 Aug 2026
🔹 PhDs/ECRs (≤3yrs postdoc)
🔹 10 spots | Fee covered
⏳ Apply by 15 April via email. ℹ️ eshms.eu/conferences
#Sociology #QualitativeResearch #PhD
🎨 Call for Artivism – ESHMS 2026
Submit projects on Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty for the Hamburg conference (19–21 Aug 2026).
Art, activism & social justice at the heart of mental health debates.
📅 Deadline: 30 April 2026
Info: eshms.eu/conferences
#ESHMS2026 #Artivism
⏰ Final reminder — ESHMS 2026 abstracts
Deadline: Sun 15 February
Join the Hamburg conference on Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty.
🔗 Details & submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...
#ESHMS2026 #HealthSociology
🎉 Congrats to Anneleen De Cuyper (Univ. of Antwerp) on receiving a 2026 ESHMS Research Visit Grant!
Her visit to Univ. of Gothenburg will support research on sexual harassment in higher education using advanced modelling.
🔗 eshms.eu/research-vis...
#ESHMS #HealthSociology
📣 Reminder – Call for Abstracts
Submit your abstract to the ESHMS 2026 (Hamburg, 19–21 Aug).
Theme: Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026
🧑🎓 Early Career Workshop: 18 August 2026
🔗 Info & submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...
#ESHMS2026 #HealthSociology
Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good
go.nature.com/4iZwCXT
📣 Call for Abstracts – ESHMS 2026
Submit your work to the ESHMS Conference in Hamburg (19–21 Aug 2026), themed Mental Health in Times of Uncertainty.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Feb 2026
🔗 Info + submission: www.uke.de/english/depa...
#ESHMS2026 #HealthSociology #MentalHealth
📣 Deadline extended!
Applications for the ESHMS Research Visit Grants 2026 now due 15 Dec 2025.
Up to €1,000 for research visits abroad in health & medical sociology.
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu
#ESHMS #Research
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📢 Call for Papers: "Studying Pregnancy Losses"
We're excited to announce a session at the @eshms.bsky.social Biennial Conference 2026 in Hamburg
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🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026
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In case you're wondering where to present your fabulous #miscarriage research, please submit to a session organised by the members of the @soc-misc.bsky.social team at the @eshms.bsky.social conference in Hamburg in August! Deadline 15 Feb 2026
More info below 👇
📣 Reminder: ESHMS Research Visit Grants 2026
Up to €1,000 for research visits abroad in health & medical sociology.
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
Open to ESHMS members; early-career researchers prioritised.
📩 alice.scavarda@unito.it
🔗 eshms.eu
#ESHMS #HealthSociology
JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY SOCIETY TODAY MEMBERSHIP IS FREE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2026! MEMBER BENEFITS Members who join by February 1, 2026 will: Receive regular email updates about upcoming I-SES events and networking & job opportunities Get an exclusive discount for registering for the 2026 I-SES conference and future membership fees after September 30, 2026 Be eligible for upcoming awards, committee & leadership roles in the society Be eligible to vote on candidates for committee & leadership roles in the society Join now at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u
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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
🎓 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
📢 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
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
🖼️ 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
📢 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 ⏰
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/...
Session proposals on the main theme and on other topics in health and medical sociology are welcome.
Details here: www.uke.de/english/depa...
Submit to: info.eshms2026@uke.de
The conference is organised by the Institute of Medical Sociology of Hamburg: www.uke.de/english/depa...
📢 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 ⏰
Heatmaps show 'Adverse Childhood Experiences' vs. health 'Outcomes' for men and women. Color intensity reflects the risk difference, with darker shades indicating higher risk. Experiences listed include abuse, neglect, family issues, and financial difficulties.
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
JAMA Network Open article: "Food Insecurity Prevalence Among US Medical Students." By Bassel M. Shanab, Pavan Khosla, Nour M. Hammad, and others. Published online August 29, 2025.
This survey study found that 21.2% of US medical students experience food insecurity, nearly double the national household average. ja.ma/47kjCrX
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/...
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
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
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)
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
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