Society for Medical Anthropology

A section of the American Anthropological Association

Newsletter: PAst Articles

 

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2009

  • Mar 2009: SMA Conference 2009: Medical Anthropology at the Intersections - Marcia Inhorn and Emily Wentzell
  • Feb 2009: Making it Matter: Taking Anthropology from Research to Policy - Carolyn Smith-Morris
  • Jan 2009: EASA Medical Anthropology Network - Brigit Obrist (U Basel, Switzerland) and SMA Notes from the Field: Attending the 10th Biennial Conference of the EASA in Slovenia - Jeannine Coreil (U South Florida)

2008

  • Dec 2008: SMA Notes from the Field: The Health of War Studies - Matthew Gutmann (Brown U)
  • Nov 2008: SMA Notes from the Field: Lumbee Mothers and Infant Care - Jada L Brooks (Duke U) and Sharron L Docherty (Duke U)
  • Oct 2008: SMA Notes from the Field: Sexuality as Political Discourse in Iran - Pardis Mahdavi (Pomona C)
  • May 2008: The Stolen Generations: Why Saying Sorry Matters - Lenore Manderson (Monash U, Australia)
  • April 2008: Mark Your Calendar! SMA 2008 Award Competition Deadlines
  • Mar 2008: Congratulations to the Winners of SMA 2007 Awards! (part 2)
  • Feb 2008: Congratulations to the Winners of SMA 2007 Awards!
  • Jan 2008: SMA Notes from the Field: “Faculty Research Recognition Award” Highlights Linda Whiteford’s

2007

  • Dec 2007: How a Child-Centered Health & Welfare Grassroots Organization Came into Being - Kathleen Ragsdale
  • Nov 2007: Council on Infant and Child Health & Welfare Calls for US Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - CICH Policy Statement Task Force
  • Oct 2007: The Political Construction of Global Communicable Disease Crises SfAA/SMA Abstract Deadline: October 15, 2007
  • May 2007: SMA Takes a Stand on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - ADTSG Study Group
  • April 2007: MASA Dissertation Award Competition Announced
  • Mar 2007: Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR) Advocacy Initiative - Lynn M. Morgan
  • Feb 2007: Anthropological Research on National and Global Tobacco Use: Contributions from the University of Arizona -Mimi Nichter and Mark Nichter (University of Arizona)
  • Jan 2007: SMA Awards

2006

  • Nov 2006: Your Newly Elected SMA Executive Board Members
  • Oct 2006: George Foster Memorial Award in Practicing Medical Anthropology & Basker Prize Endowment
  • May 2006: SMA Student Paper Prize Competitions; Conference Report & VHA Meeting on “Implementing Equity” - Elisa J Sobo
  • Apr 2006: An Open Letter to SMA Members from MAQ’s New Editors - Mark Luborsky and Andrea Sankar
  • Mar 2006: SMA Announcements
  • Feb 2006: HIV Testing Us: Colleagues Become Key Informants - Doug Goldsmith
  • Jan 2006: SMA Awards

2005

  • Dec 2005: Thoughts from the New SMA President -Marcia C. Inhorn
  • Nov 2005: Medical Anthropologists Speak Out on Katrina Disaster - SMA Statement Released 9/13/05
  • Oct 2005: Consulting and Independent Contracting in Medical Anthropology - Elisa J. Sobo (San Diego State U)
  • May 2005: What Does a Comparison of Informed Consent in Oral History and Ethnography Reveal About Contemporary Research Ethics in the Health Sciences? - Mark Padilla and Amy Fairchild.
  • Mar 2005: SMA Call for Panel Proposals! - Lesley Sharp (Barnard C) and Carolyn Sargent (Southern Methodist U)
  • Feb 2005: SMA Awards
  • Jan 2005: A Message from the SMA President - Craig Janes

2004 and beyond