Mission Statement

The purpose of the Section on Medical Sociology is to foster the development of sociology in the field of health through the organized interchange of ideas, teaching experiences, research programs, and results. The Section on Medical Sociology examines the phenomena of health and illness, the social organization of health care delivery, and differential access to medical resources.

Section Officers, 2008-2009

Chair: Janet Hankin, Wayne State University

Chair-Elect: William R. Avison, University of Western Ontario

Past Chair: Chloe E. Bird, RAND Corporation

Secretary-Treasurer: Eric R. Wright, Indiana University - Indianapolis

Council: Jason Schnittker, University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Burgard, University of Michigan

Nominations Committee:  Deborah Carr, Rutgers University (Chair)
Robin W. Simon, Florida State University (Chair-Elect)
Stefan Timmermans, University of California - Los Angeles
Elaine Marie Hernandez, University of Minnesota

Program Committee: R. Jay Turner, Florida State University (Chair)

Membership Committee: Jenniver Ruth Fosket, McGill University (Chair)

Publications Committee: Michael Hughes, Virginia Tech (Chair)

Teaching Committee: Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Rice University (Chair)

Career & Employment Committee: Sara N. Shostak, Brandeis University (Chair)

Health & Policy Research Committee: Jill Quadagno, Florida State University

Newsletter Editor: Robin Moremen, Northern Illinois University

Webmaster: Timothy J. Gallagher, Kent State University

Archives: Sydney Halpern, University of Illinois-Chicago

Student Representatives: Laura Senier, Brown University
Cheryl Diana Stults, Brandeis University

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is:

http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/asamedsoc/