Center for Social Medicine
The mission of the UAB Center for Social Medicine and Sexually Transmitted Diseases is to foster intellectual creativity and promote the growth of interdisciplinary research on the social determinants of health and disease, including social factors that influence health care delivery. The Center consists of two divisions: (1) social medicine in the Department of Sociology and (2) sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the Department of Medicine. The overall research agenda is broad and features non-clinical research in the social sciences on health-related topics, while the clinical focus is on STDs. Recent non-clinical projects include:
--Survey to identify special needs of households in the Alabama Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program area, funded by Argonne National Laboratory, 1999-2001.
--Participant in the Living Conditions, Lifestyles and Health (LLH) Study in the former Soviet Union, funded by the European Union, 2002-2005.
Other University Centers
UAB encourages collaborative, interdiciplinary efforts through its research centers. The University has over 80 interdisciplinary reseacrh centers on campus. Besides the Center for Social Medicine, faculty in Sociology work closely with a number of other centers, including: Center for Aging, Center for Geriatric Education, Center for Urban Affairs, AIDS Research Center, Center for Women's Reproductive Health, Minority Health and Research Center, Center for the Advancement of Youth Health, Injury Prevention Center, Center for Labor Education and Research, and Lister Hill Center for Policy Research.
