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British Academy Conference: Modelling for Policy, 17-18 May 2012

Thursday 19 April 2012 ▶
What kind of tools are mathematical models and simulations? How do we use them in controlling infectious risks? How well they are at work in climate research? What are the philosophical problems of modelling risks and uncertainties?More details...

MedSoc 2012 Conference - Final Call for Papers

Wednesday 18 April 2012 ▶
British Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference 2012, Wednesday 5th - Friday 7th September 2012, University of LeicesterMore details...

BSA Ageing, Body and Society Conference. Critical Perspectives, Future Challenges, July 2012, London

Monday 16 April 2012 ▶
BSA Ageing, Body and Society STUDY GROUP 5TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Critical Perspectives, Future Challenges’, Friday July 6th 2012, The British Library Conference Centre, London
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Rights and Responsibilities: Global Perspectives, June 2012, Sussex

Tuesday 03 April 2012 ▶
The PhD community at the School of Law, Politics and Sociology would like to invite doctoral students to participate in our inaugural PhD conference: Rights and Responsibilities: Global Perspectives, 14 June 2012.More details...

Aging in a Changing World: Abstract deadline extended to April 30!

Monday 02 April 2012 ▶
The Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) is accepting abstracts for "Aging in a Changing World," our 41st Annual Scientific & Educational Meeting.More details...

ENRGHI 2012, UCL, London, September 2012

Friday 23 March 2012 ▶
Calling all early career researchers in health or health care within a social, geographical or environmental context...More details...

BSA MedSoc Annual Conference, September 2012, Leicester

Tuesday 13 March 2012 ▶
We welcome abstract submissions for oral presentations, poster presentations and symposia/special events.More details...

Behavioural & Social Sciences Teaching in Medicine Conference, July 2012, Cardiff

Monday 12 March 2012 ▶
BeSST (Behavoural and Social Sciences Teaching) in Medicine invites proposals for oral presentations and workshops on topics related to any aspects of teaching social and/or behavioural science in medicine.More details...

Virtual Conference: Fukushima - Looking back to look forward, March 2012

Thursday 08 March 2012 ▶
On the one-year anniversary of the triple disasters that devastated eastern Japan we welcome you to participate in an interdisciplinary online conversation, taking place 11-12 March 2012.More details...

Images and Visualisation: Imaging Technology, Truth and Trust, September 2012, Norrköping, Sweden

Wednesday 07 March 2012 ▶
Both Leonardo da Vinci and John Constable claimed that painting is a science. This science has been explored extensively in traditional aesthetics and art history.More details...

BSA Ageing, Body and Society Conference, July 2012, London

Tuesday 06 March 2012 ▶
Call for Papers - BSA Ageing, Body and Society Conference. Critical Perspectives, Future ChallengesMore details...

British Academy Conference: Modelling for Policy, May 2012, London

Tuesday 06 March 2012 ▶
How well models and computational techniques produce evidence to predict and manage infectious disease risks? This conference discusses what kinds of tools models and computational techniques are when used within public health policy-making processes.More details...

Call for Abstracts: Aging in a Changing World - April 2 Deadline!

Monday 05 March 2012 ▶
The Canadian Association on Gerontology is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for “Aging in a Changing World,” our 41st Annual Scientific & Educational Meeting (ASEM). More details...

3rd Global Conference: Making Sense Of: Suffering, November 2012, Salzburg, Austria

Friday 24 February 2012 ▶
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to explore if, or to what extent, meaning can be found in suffering.More details...

BSA Annual Conference 2012, Sociology in an Age of Austerity, April 2012, Leeds

Friday 17 February 2012 ▶
The theme of the British Sociological Association's Annual Conference in 2012 is 'Sociology in an Age of Austerity'. Wednesday 11th - Friday 13th April. University of Leeds.More details...

Dying in the Digital Age Conference, June 2012, Bath

Wednesday 08 February 2012 ▶
The University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) announces
its 2012 summer conference.More details...

The Fourth US-UK Medical Sociology Conference, June 2012, Belfast

Wednesday 01 February 2012 ▶
Registration is now open for The FOURTH UK-US MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY CONFERENCE which will be held from June 14-16 at Queen’s University in Belfast.More details...

ESHMS Conference, August 2012

Wednesday 25 January 2012 ▶
The deadline for abstract submission has now been extended to 29th February 2012.

The European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) will be holding their next conference from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September 2012 in Hannover, Germany. The theme of the conference is 'Health inequalities over the life course'.More details...

Pills In Practice: Is Abortion & Contraception Policy Meeting Womens Needs?

Monday 16 January 2012 ▶
Women in Britain generally receive free and timely access to abortion, contraception and emergency contraception. These are important and welcome developments. But do they go far enough? This one-day public conference, organised by British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) in London on Friday 11 May 2012, brings together clinicians, academics, advocates and service providers from the UK, Europe and the USA to discuss the future of abortion and contraception in Britain.More details...

Using Sociology To Help Prevent Cardiovascular Disease, March 2012, Birmingham

Monday 19 December 2011 ▶
Preventing cardiovascular disease has become a major public health priority, with initiatives in place such as offering smoking cessation and ‘health checks for all those over 40 in primary care, and monitoring risk factors in this population.More details...

Aging in a Changing World, October 2012, Vancouver, Canada

Monday 19 December 2011 ▶
Aging in a Changing World: Save the Date!
41st Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting
Canadian Association on Gerontology (http://www.cagacg.ca)More details...

‘The 21st Century Body’, Symposium, 18th May 2012, London

Friday 16 December 2011 ▶
Exciting developments in the life sciences and their application in biotechnology are helping to provide pioneering cures and therapies for inherited and degenerative diseases. Consider genomics and genetic based therapies, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, ICT implants and prosthetics, nanomedicine and care of the ageing and you will see how the way in which we perceive ourselves and those around us is slowly being recast.More details...

The European Society of Health and Medical Sociology Conference (ESHMS)

Thursday 08 December 2011 ▶
The European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS) will be holding their next conference from Thursday 30th August to Saturday 1st September 2012 in Hannover, Germany.  The theme of the conference is 'Health inequalities over the life course'.More details...

2nd Global Conference - Making Sense of: Chronicity, August 2012

Monday 05 December 2011 ▶
2nd Global Conference - Making Sense of: Chronicity: A Health, Illness and Disease Project

Thursday 30th August – Saturday 1st September 2012, Mansfield College, Oxford, United KingdomMore details...

Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference, May 2012

Saturday 03 December 2011 ▶
This Two-Day international conference will bring together
professionals from all over the world to discuss the latest trends
and opportunities in medical tourism and global healthcare.More details...

RC15 Sociology of Health, International Sociological Association Forum

Friday 25 November 2011 ▶
Call For Abstracts
RC15 Sociology of Health, International Sociological Association Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1-4, 2012
Session on Health care choice: Discourses, perceptions and experiencesMore details...

Wellcome/IME-funded places at Feb 1st 2012 Primary Care Ethics Conference

Wednesday 16 November 2011 ▶
I am pleased to announce that we now have funding for 30 delegates and 10 Medical Students (separate fund) for the 2nd RSM Primary Care Ethics Conference in association with the RCGP, supported by the IME and Wellcome Trust on February 1st 2012More details...

BSA Happiness Study Group, Day Conference

Wednesday 09 November 2011 ▶
The British Sociological Association Happiness Study Group invites social scientists to submit abstracts for their forthcoming day conference that aims to explore the theoretical and methodological challenges facing the sociological study of happiness.More details...

International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Solutions for Tough Times

Monday 24 October 2011 ▶
We would like to invite you to join 3,000 of your colleagues at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Paris.

Our theme for 2012 – Solutions for Tough Times – continues to build upon previous Forums' commitment to excellent, safe and affordable healthcare.More details...

Keynote speakers confirmed for BSA Annual Conference

Wednesday 28 September 2011 ▶
The 2012 annual conference promises to be dynamic, fiery, informative,
and is definitely not to be missed. Bettering our 60th anniversary
conference this year will be a challenge, but we're determined we can
make it happen.

Submit your abstract by 7th October.More details...

Sociology of Health & Illness Book Prize 2011

Thursday 22 September 2011 ▶
The BSA and the organising team for the Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference wish to extend warm congratulations to Roberto Abadie, winner of the 2011 Foundation of  Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize.More details...

MSo at the MedSoc Conference 2011

Thursday 11 August 2011 ▶
Come and meet members of the new MSo Editorial Team at the MedSoc Conference.More details...

BSA Medical Sociology Group 43rd Annual Conference 2011

Monday 01 August 2011 ▶
The BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference will take place at the University of Chester, from 14 - 16 September 2011.
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