University of California, San Francisco
- Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. The mission of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) is to conduct rigorous theory-based research that will have maximum impact on the theory, practice, and policy of AIDS prevention. Our cores stimulate new research projects to keep pace with the ever-changing epidemic, provide necessary services to our existing research projects and to the scientists at CAPS, and provide the platform for scientific interactions to advance and enhance multidisciplinary research in AIDS prevention.
URL: http://www.caps.ucsf.edu - Center for Science, Technology and Medicine Studies. The Center for Science Technology and Medicine Studies (ST&MS) brings together historians, sociologists, and anthropologists and others from the UCSF and UC Berkeley campuses who share an interest in understanding and analyzing the global historical, cultural, and social dynamics of the relationships among scientific research, technological developments and medical endeavors.
URL: http://dahsm.medschool.ucsf.edu/STandMS.aspx - Doctoral Sociology Program in STS. The Doctoral Sociology Program in STS emphasises the sociology and social psychology of health and illness and health care policy and institutions. Additional areas of emphasis include aging, chronic illness, and disability; health policy, economics, and institutions; and women, health, and healing. Other areas are science and technology studies, violence as a health issue, and race/ethnicity.
URL: http://www.ucsf.edu/medsoc - Health Sciences & Society. Health Sciences & Sociey is a new peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. It will concentrate on humanistic, social science, and medical perspectives on the interactions between research, treatment, and education in the health sciences and the social worlds they emerge from and service.
URL: http://dahsm.medschool.ucsf.edu/ejournal.aspx - Institute for Health and Aging. The mission of UCSF's Institute for Health and Aging is to optimize the health and aging of individuals, communities, and society through research, education and public service in the social and behavioral sciences.
URL: http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/ - Medical Anthropology Program. The Medical Anthropology Program at UCSF has three primary missions: To conduct original critical research that builds the knowledge base of medical anthropology; to train new generations of medical anthropologists for careers in research and education; and to prepare medical and other health professional students for the complexities of clinical practice and for effective scientific engagement in an increasingly diverse and internationally linked world.
URL: http://www.dahsm.medschool.ucsf.edu/medical/index.aspx - Program in the History of Health Sciences. This graduate program trains students to examine the history of health sciences (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, alternative healing, and biomedical research) from a variety of critical approaches.
URL: http://www.dahsm.medschool.ucsf.edu/history/index.aspx
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