Berkeley Center for Social Medicine News

Institute for the Study of Societal Issues alum Daryl Mangosing co-published a paper in Contemporary Drug Problems with Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Mark Fleming and Evan vanDommelen-Gonzalez titled,...Read more about Harm Reduction Practices in Sexualized Drug Use Among Sexual Minority Adults

Congratulations to Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Mahasin Mujahid for receiving the 2026 Abraham Lilienfeld Distinguished Achievement Award—the highest accolade bestowed by the American College of Epidemiology. The award honors her social...Read more about Abraham Lilienfeld Distinguished Achievement Award

Center for Research on Social Change and Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Erin Michelle Turner Kerrison published a new article in Frontiers in Psychiatry titled,...Read more about Racialized Drug Policy

Berkeley Center for Social Medicine affiliated faculty member Ariana Thompson-Lastad co-authored a new article in the journal of ...Read more about Integrative Health Equity in Primary Care

In a The Hill opinion piece, Berkeley Center for...Read more about The US is failing Black mothers and babies. A lawsuit wants to keep it that way

Congratulations to these Berkeley Center for Social Medicine affiliates on their awards and grants!

Alex Adia: Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Research Award and AcademyHealth Health Equity Interest Group Student Investigator Award
Larissa Benjamin...Read more about Awards & Honors for BCSM Affiliates

Berkeley Center for Social Medicine affiliate Ale Geisel-Zamora co-authored “...Read more about Menopause Symptoms Among Latine Adults

According to Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Jasmin Brooks Stephens, the rise of suicide rates among Black adolescents over the past two decades is the largest of any racial group. Her work emphasizes strengths, community, and hope as powerful tools...Read more about Psychology Professor creates strengths-based framework addressing Black youth suicide

Rachel Morello-Frosch, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate, will be the inaugural...Read more about Rachel Morello-Frosch: inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment

A new book by Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate Khiara Bridges explores the persistence of racism in reproductive healthcare in the US—and why even affluent Black women...Read more about Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black American