#NewPublication explores how neighboring states’ policy environments shape local mortality rates, and finds significant cross-border spillover effects between counties: bit.ly/4bTjzVp By idlhy.bsky.social @sunyofficial.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

📢 ASA Medical Sociology Section – 2027 Election Positions Are Now Open! Ready to shape the future of medical sociology? Consider running for a leadership position or encourage a colleague to do the same. 🗳️ Join us by running for a 2027 election position! #ASA #MedicalSociology

Be sure to stop by the Section and Community Open House at 2026 ASA annual meeting. Come and learn more about ASA and make connections. Event will take place on Saturday, August 8th, from 10:00 to 11:30 an, in the Hilton, third floor Americas Hall. ☕️Coffee/tea are available. #ASA #MedicalSociology

📣Exciting non-resident fellowship opportunity for early career scholars studying global health politics! Apply before July 3‼️. For more information checking the link below: www.bu.edu/pardee/2026/... #ASA #MedicalSociology

📝Submitting your papers to a special issue of the Milbank Quarterly on how policy contexts impact population health in the United States before November 1st, 2026‼️ Looking to publish papers advancing knowledge on the connections between policies and populations health. #ASA #MedicalSociology

📢📣Support students with an ASA Medical Sociology section membership! 📢📣 You can help our section grow by sponsoring section memberships for students and others in our field. Section membership helps sociologists stay informed about medical sociology scholarship/section news! #ASA #MedicalSociology

📢 📣 Call for Newsletter Editor and Assistant Newsletter Editor 📢 📣 Both of these roles are four-year terms beginning in September 2026. If you are interested, please contact PJ Pettis at pettisph@msu.edu. #ASA #MedicalSociology

🎉👏 Congratulations to this year’s Medical Sociology Section 2026 ASA award winners! Your scholarship, innovation, and dedication continue to inspire and strengthen our field. 🏆📚 #MedicalSociology #ASA

📢📢 Department Leaders Preconference - Thriving Together: Building Strong, Future-Facing Departments 📢📢 - This preconference provides an opportunity to connect with peers, share insights, and develop strategies needed to thrive. #ASA #MedicalSociology

🔊 📢 · 🎉· 🎉 Join us Congratulating Dr. Lisa-Marie Wright and Dr. Tracey A. LaPierre from the University of Kansas, who are the recipients of the 2026 Carla B Howery Teaching Enhancement Fund Grants. #ASA #MedicalSociology

"📢📢 Call for Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) Grants 📢📢 CARI grants support projects that use social science knowledge and methods to address community-based problems. Awards provide up to $3,000 in direct costs for sociologists. #ASA #MedicalSociology"

🔊 📢 Sociology of Food Pre-Conference - August 7th 2026 🔊 📢 We are currently seeking student submissions for short afternoon presentations. The deadline to submit is June 6, 2026. #ASA #MedicalSociology

This #InternationalDayOfFamilies read about the effects of multigenerational coresidence on psychological distress among adolescents and young adults across racial-ethnic groups: bit.ly/4ucbPoL #NewPublication by Zhe (Meredith) Zhang Qi Li Cynthia Colen &Rin Reczek @unlincoln.bsky.social @OhioState

#NewPublication studies physicians’ reactions to tools aimed at rationalizing and standardizing their work, exploring the impacts on their clinical autonomy and job satisfaction: bit.ly/43gVjI5 By Lei Jin & Lin Tao @CUHKofficial @pku1898.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

🔊 📢 Last day to apply ASA Policy Outreach Program (POP) Fellowship (deadline: May 18) 🔊 📢 Applicants must have completed a PhD in Sociology and have at least three years of post-doctoral experience. www.asanet.org/public-engag...

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NOTE: Applications for the 2026-2027 Cohort will open on April 15.  Deadline is 5 pm ET May 18.

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Newly Available U.S. State Policy Index This index provides researchers interested in how U.S. state policy contexts predict population health with an index that is longitudinal, interpretable, and valid for population health analyses. Available on ICPSR (www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/pr...)

Join Us!!! Are you attending the American Sociological Association 2026 (Aug 7-11)? If so, please join us for a reception. #ASA #MedicalSociology #ASAMentalHelath #ASASKT

Good News! ASA Policy Outreach Program Fellowship Applications #ASA #MedicalSociology

Call for Travel Awards, American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting 2026. See details in attached image. #ASA #MedicalSociology

Alert for a New Course Georgetown University is pleased to announce a new "Intensive Bioethics Course", a case-based format, and special topics including AI and healthcare, disability ethics, human research ethics, financialization of medicine, and refusal of medical care. #ASA #MedicalSociology

📢 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

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). #ASA #MedicalSociology

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.” #ASA #MedicalSociology

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

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📢 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/...) #ASA #ASAMedicalSociology

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.

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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... #ASA #MedicalSociology

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... #ASA #MedicalSociology

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. #ASA #MedicalSociology www.jstor.org/stable/jj.39...

Join " Virtual Panel on the Rural Health Transformation Program" Register in advance to receive Zoom Link! #ASA #MedicalSociology

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

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…

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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.