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For Society enquiries please email admin@sshm.org

Officers

Chair

Dr Lisa Smith: Dr Lisa Smith: Department of History, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ.

Secretary

Dr Claire Jones: Room N3.N3, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NX.

Treasurer

Dr Richard McKay: Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RH. 

Executive Committee

Conference Coordinator

Dr Elsa Richardson: Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare , University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Membership Secretary

Dr Martin Moore, The Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4RJ.

Policy and Publicity

Professor Matthew Smith: Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Postgraduate and Early Career Officer

Dr Manikarnika Dutta, School of History, University College Dublin

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Dr Felicity McGeown: School of Culture and Communication, Keir Hardie Building, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP

Chair of the Roy Porter Prize Committee

Dr Rebecca Wynter: Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 1610
1000 BP Amsterdam

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Dr Beatriz Pichel: School of Humanities, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

Engagement, Teaching and Communications

Dr Vanessa Heggie: Murray Learning Centre, Social Studies in Medicine (SSiM), College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT.

Wellcome-funded Events and Networks Co-ordinator

Dr Rosemary B. Cresswell: Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford

Publications

For questions about the journal of Social History of Medicine, please email: shm.editorialoffice@theeditorialhub.com

Editors

Dr Elma Brenner: Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.

Professor Flurin Condrau: University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 308006, Zurich, Switzerland.

Dr Harry Wu: Room 20708, Yun Ping Building, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 University Road, East District, Tainan City, TAIWAN 701. hyjw@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Dr Janet Greenlees: Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA.

Reviews Editor

Dr Ian Miller: Room I028, Cromore Road, Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA.

The Gazette

Tbc

EC Rep on Editorial Board

Dr Stephen E Mawdsley: Department of History, University of Bristol, BS8 1TB.

Editors of Social Histories of Medicine Book Series

Dr David Cantor: Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social (IDES),  Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, República Argentina. djcantor@hotmail.com

Dr Elaine Leong: Department of History, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT. e.leong@ucl.ac.uk

Dr Anne Hanley: Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT. a.hanley@bham.ac.uk


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