Berkeley Center for Social Medicine

Background image: A collage of books and publications by affiliates of Berkeley Center for Social Medicine

The Berkeley Center for Social Medicine critically engages the intersection of social systems, social difference, health and health care in the United States and across the globe. 

Founded in 2013, the Center links to the discipline of social medicine internationally by bringing together Bay Area scholars from the social and historical sciences who are working on questions related to medicine, the health sciences, public health, global health, the social structuring of suffering, violence and the body.  

Berkeley Center for Social Medicine News

“Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century”

February 20, 2025

Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate, Hannah Zeavin, has a new book available. This work is an essential history for understanding how we mother now, and...Read more about “Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century”

Repair work in raced welfare capitalism

February 6, 2025

While a Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Tine Hanrieder conducted research on community health workers in the United States. An article based on that research was just published in ...Read more about Repair work in raced welfare capitalism

2024 Creative Nonfiction Grantee - Hannah Zeavin

January 23, 2025

Hannah Zeavin, faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, was awarded a Creative Nonfiction Grant from the Whiting Foundation for her forthcoming book ...Read more about 2024 Creative Nonfiction Grantee - Hannah Zeavin

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