Berkeley Center for Social Medicine

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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

Structural Competency and Global Public Health

October 4, 2023

A number of Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty, student affiliates, and former visiting scholars have contributed to this special issue of Global Public Health, "Structural Competency in Global Perspective.” Editors and authors of the collection include:...Read more about Structural Competency and Global Public Health

Holding Public Health Accountable

August 28, 2023

A leader in antiracism and social transformation, Amani Allen, faculty affiliate of Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, is spearheading Berkeley Public Health’s journey towards becoming a more anti-racist institution,...Read more about Holding Public Health Accountable

An Effective Response to Drug Overdoses

July 25, 2023

Kelly Knight, faculty affiliate of the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, is co-author of an article in International Journal of Drug Policy. "...Read more about An Effective Response to Drug Overdoses

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