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.  

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Harm Reduction Practices in Sexualized Drug Use Among Sexual Minority Adults

November 6, 2026

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

Abraham Lilienfeld Distinguished Achievement Award

November 6, 2026

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

Racialized Drug Policy

October 12, 2026

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

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