Academic Programs & Research
United States
Here is an alphabetical listing by U.S. geographic areas of colleges and universities known to offer studies and conduct research in medical sociology, medical anthropology, and closely related areas. The purpose of this listing is to encourage transdisciplinary and multi-campus communication and collaboration between students, faculty, and researchers in sociology, anthropology, medicine, and health sciences.
The listing presented here is for informational purposes only. Please contact individual institutions and/or appropriate departments to inquire further about their programs and research endeavors. Clicking on a link will open the website in a separate browser tab.
ALABAMA (AL)
University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL
- Center for Mental Health and Aging
- Department of Anthropology
- Institute for Rural Health Research
- Institute for Social Science Research
University of Alabama – Birmingham | Birmingham, AL
- Center for Aging
- Department of Sociology
- Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center
- School of Public Health
ALASKA (AK)
University of Alaska – Anchorage | Anchorage, AK
- Center for Addressing Health Disparities through Research and Education
- Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services
- Center for Rural Health
- Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
- Program in Public Health
ARIZONA (AZ)
Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ
- Center for Global Health
- Family and Human Dynamics Research Institute
- Institute for Social Sciences Research
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change
- School of Life Sciences
- School of Social and Family Dynamics
Northern Arizona University | Flagstaff, AZ
- Department of Anthropology
- Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute
- Program in Indigenous Health Studies
- Program in Public Health
University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
- Cancer Health Disparities Institute
- Center for Rural Health
- College of Public Health
- Department of Anthropology
ARKANSAS (AR)
CALIFORNIA (CA)
San Diego State University | San Diego, CA
San Jose State University | San Jose, CA
Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA
University of California – Berkeley | Berkeley, CA
- Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society
- Department of Anthropology
- Joint Medical Program
- Population Center
- School of Public Health
University of California – Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA
University of California – San Diego | San Diego, CA
- Department of Sociology
- Division of Global Public Health
- Program in Health Care and Social Issues
- School of Public Health
University of California – San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
- Center for Health and Community
- Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Program in Global Health Sciences
- Women’s Health Research
COLORADO (CO)
University of Colorado – Boulder | Boulder, CO
University of Colorado – Denver | Denver, CO
CONNECTICUT (CT)
Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven, CT
University of Connecticut | Mansfield, CT
- Center for Public Health
- Center on Aging
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
Yale University | New Haven, CT
- Center for Bioethics
- Department of Sociology
- Program in the History of Medicine
- School of Public Health
- Women’s Health Research
DELAWAREe (DE)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC)
American University | Washington, DC
- Center on Health, Risk, and Society
- School of Education, Teaching, and Health
- Program in Public Health
George Washington University | Washington, DC
- Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities
- Center for Global Health
- Department of Anthropology
- Institute for Spirituality and Health
- Latino Health Research Center
- National Health Policy Forum
- School of Public Health and Health Services
Howard University | Washington, DC
FLORIDA (FL)
Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL
- Center for Demography and Population Health
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences
- Institute on Aging and Public Policy
- Program in Public Health
University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL
University of Florida | Gainesville, FL
- College of Public Health and Health Professions
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Law
University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL
- Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity
- Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Department of Sociology
- Health Economics Research Group
- Program in Bioethics
University of North Florida | Jacksonville, FL
University of South Florida | Tampa, FL
GEORGIA (GA)
Emory University | Atlanta, GA
- Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Global Health Institute
- Predictive Health Institute
- School of Public Health
Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA
- Center for Health Services Research
- Center for Integrative Health Research
- Center for Law, Health, and Society
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Gerontology Institute
- Institute of Public Health
University of Georgia | Athens, GA
- Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
- College of Public Health
- Department of Sociology
- Southern Center for Communication, Health, and Poverty
GUAM (GU)
HAWAII (HI)
University of Hawaii – Mānoa | Honolulu, HI
- Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
- Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research
- Center on Aging
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Hawai’i-Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center
- Office of Public Health Studies
- Social Science Research Institute
IDAHO (ID)
ILLINOIS (IL)
DePaul University | Chicago, IL
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Health Sciences
- Program in Public Health
- Social Science Research Center
Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL
Northwestern University | Evanston, IL
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Global Health Portal
- Institute for Healthcare Studies
- Program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics
- Program in Public Health
University of Chicago | Chicago, IL
- Center for Health and the Social Sciences
- Center for the History of Science and Medicine
- Department of Health Studies
- Global Health Initiative
- Population Research Center
University of Illinois – Chicago | Chicago, IL
- Center for Global Health
- Center for Health Statistics
- Department of Anthropology
- Institute for Health Research and Policy
- National Center for Rural Health Professions
- National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
- Office of Social Science Research
- School of Public Health
University of Illinois – Peoria | Peoria, IL
University of Illinois – Rockford | Rockford, IL
University of Illinois – Springfield | Springfield, IL
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL
- Center on Health, Aging, and Disability
- Department of Sociology
- Program in i-Health
- Program in Medical Humanities and Social Sciences
- Program in Public Health
INDIANA (IN)
Indiana University – Bloomington | Bloomington, IN
Indiana University / Purdue University | Indianapolis, IN
- Center for Bioethics
- Center for Health Policy
- Department of Health Sciences
- Department of Public Health
- Department of Sociology
- Hall Center for Law and Health
- Institute for Research on Social Issues
Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN
- Center on Aging and the Life Course
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Environmental Health Science
IOWA (IA)
University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA
- Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
- College of Public Health
- Institute for Public Health Practice
- Program in Global Health Studies
- Public Policy Center: Health
KANSAS (KS)
University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS
KENTUCKY (KY)
University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY
- Center for Research on Violence Against Women
- Center for the Advancement of Women’s Health
- Center for Excellence in Rural Health
- College of Public Health
- Department of Anthropology
LOUISIANA (LA)
Tulane University | New Orleans, LA
- Center for Infectious Diseases
- Program in Aging Studies
- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
MAINE (ME)
MARYLAND (MD)
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
- Center for Clinical Global Health Education
- Center for Global Health
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Institute of Bioethics
- Program in Public Health Studies
- School of Public Health
University of Maryland | College Park, MD
MASSACHUSETTS (MA)
Boston University | Boston, MA
- Center for Global Health and Development
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Health Policy Institute
- School of Public Health
- Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Center
Brandeis University | Waltham, MA
- Department of Sociology
- Institutes for Health Policy
- Program Health: Science, Society, and Policy
- School for Social Policy and Management
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
- Center for Health and the Global Environment
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Global Health and Medicine
- Department of Health Care Policy
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Health Policy
- School of Public Health
University of Massachusetts – Amherst | Amherst, MA
MICHIGAN (MI)
Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI
- Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences
- Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Department of Sociology
- Health and Risk Communication Center
- Institute for Health Care Studies
- Institute of International Health
University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
Wayne State University | Detroit, MI
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Institute of Gerontology
- Program in Public Health
MINNESOTA (MN)
University of Minnesota | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
- Center for Bioethics
- Center for Environment and Health Policy
- Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility
- Center for Health Equity
- Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health
- Center for Women’s Health
- Center of American Indian and Minority Health
- School of Public Health
MISSISSIPPI (MS)
MISSOURI (MO)
St. Louis University | St. Louis, MO
University of Missouri | Columbia, MO
- Center for Health Care Quality
- Center for Health Ethics
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Public Health
MONTANA (MT)
University of Montana | Missoula, MT
NEBRASKA (NE)
University of Nebraska – Lincoln | Lincoln, NE
NEVADA (NV)
NEW HAMPSHIRE (NH)
NEW JERSEY (NJ)
Rutgers University | New Brunswick, NJ
- Department of Sociology
- Institute for Health, Health Care, and Aging Research
- School of Public Health
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | Newark, NJ
NEW MEXICO (NM)
University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM
NEW YORK (NY)
Columbia University | New York, NY
- Center for Bioethics
- Center for Global Health and Economic Development
- Center for the Study of Society and Medicine
- Center for Women’s Health
- Department of Anthropology
- International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovative Research
- Population Research Center
- School of Public Health
State University of New York – Albany | Albany, NY
- Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities
- Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
- Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Department of Anthropology
- Institute for Health and the Environment
- School of Public Health
State University of New York – Binghamton | Vestal, NY
State University of New York – Buffalo | Buffalo, NY
- Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
- Center for Social Research
- Department of Anthropology
- Program in Economics of Health Services
- School of Public Health and Health Professions
Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY
- Aging Studies Institute
- Center for Health and Behavior
- Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Public Health
NORTH CAROLINA (NC)
Duke University | Durham, NC
East Carolina University | Greenville, NC
- Center for Health Disparities
- Center for Health Services Research and Development
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies
- Department of Health Education and Promotion
- Department of Sociology
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC
- Carolina Population Center
- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Center for Health Services Research
- Center for Infectious Diseases
- Center for Women’s Health Research
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Social Medicine
- Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases
- Institute on Aging
- School of Public Health
University of North Carolina – Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
NORTH DAKOTA (ND)
North Dakota State University | Fargo, ND
OHIO (OH)
Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH
- Center for Global Health and Diseases
- Center for Science, Health, and Society
- Center for Women
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Bioethics
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Department of Sociology
- Program in Public Health
- University Center on Aging and Health
- World Health Organization Collaborating Center
Kent State University | Kent, OH
Ohio State University | Columbus, OH
- Center for Personalized Health Care
- College of Public Health
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- Health Sciences Center for Global Health
University of Akron | Akron, OH
OKLAHOMA (OK)
University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK
OREGON (OR)
Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR
Portland State University | Portland, OR
PENNSYLVANIA (PA)
Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA
- Department of Biobehavioral Health
- Department of Health Policy and Administration
- Department of Public Health Sciences
- Population Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA
- Center for Bioethics
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
- Center for Public Health Initiatives
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
- Institute of Health Economics
- Institute on Aging
- Program in Health and Societies
- Program in Public Health
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA
- Aging Institute
- Center for Bioethics and Health Law
- Department of Anthropology
- School of Public Health
PUERTO RICOo (PR)
RHODE ISLAND (RI)
Brown University | Providence, RI
- Center for Gerontology and Health Research
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Sociology
- International Health Institute
- Population Studies and Training Center
- Program in Public Health
- Women and Infants
SOUTH CAROLINA (SC)
University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC
SOUTH DAKOTA (SD)
TENNESSEE (TN)
University of Memphis | Memphis, TN
Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN
- Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
- Department of Sociology
- Institute for Global Health
- Institute for Medicine and Public Health
TEXAS (TX)
Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX
University of North Texas | Denton, TX
University of Texas – Austin | Austin, TX
- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations
- Department of Sociology
University of Texas Health Science Center | Houston, TX
University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health
- Center for Training in International Health
- Center on Aging
- Center to Eliminate Health Disparities
- Galveston Global Health Consortium
- Institute for Medical Humanities
- Program in Population Health Sciences
- Program in Public Health
University of Texas – San Antonio | San Antonio, TX
UTAH (UT)
University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT
- Center on Aging
- Department of Sociology
- Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
- Division of Public Health
- Global Health Initiative
- Program in Health, Society, and Policy
- Social Research Institute
VERMONT (VT)
VIRGINIA (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
- Center on Aging
- Center on Health Disparities
- Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Department of Gerontology
- Department of Social and Behavioral Health
- Institute for Women’s Health
VIRGIN ISLANDS (VI)
WASHINGTON (WA)
University of Washington | Seattle, WA
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Bioethics and Humanities
- Department of Global Health
- Department of Health Services
- School of Public Health
WEST VIRGINIA (WV)
WISCONSIN (WI)
University of Wisconsin – Madison | Madison, WI
- Center for Demography of Health and Aging
- Center for Health Equity
- Center for Urban Population Health
- Center for Women’s Health Research
- Department of Population Health Sciences
- Department of Sociology
- Global Health Institute
- Institute on Aging
- Population Health Institute
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