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 2012-2013

Chair: Allan V. Horwitz, Rutgers University
Chair-Elect: Susan E. Bell, Bowdoin College
Past Chair: Eric R. Wright, Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis
Secretary-Treasurer: Karen Lutfey, New England REsearch Institutues ('14)

Council:
Sara Shostak, Brandeis University ('13)
Richard A. Miech, University of Colorado, Denver ('14)
Dawne M. Mouzon, Rutgers University ('14)

Nominations Committee: 
Laura M. Carpenter, Vanderbuilt University (Chair)
Rene Almeling, Yale University (Chair-elect)
Richard M. Carpiano, University of British Columbia ('13)
Michelle Frisco, Penn State University ('13)
Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, Princeton University ('14)
Katherine Y. Lin, University of Michigan (Student Member) ('13)
Vanessa Lopes Munoz, Brandeis University (Student Member) ('14)

Membership Committee: Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Rice University (Chair)
Publications Committee: Kristen Barker, Oregon State University (Chair)
Teaching Committee: Kate W. Strully, University of Albany, SUNY (Chair)
Career & Employment Committee: William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama at Birmingham (chair)
Health & Policy Research Committee: SJennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Arizona State University (Chair)

Student Representatives:
Lianna Hart, University of California, Los Angeles ('13)
Chioun Lee, ('14)

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is: http://www2.asanet.org/medicalsociology/