{"id":1752,"date":"2018-01-23T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/?page_id=1752"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:04:38","slug":"home2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Social Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-7 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-3258\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-horizontal soliloquy-slide-horizontal soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:900px;float:left;margin:0 5px 5px 0;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-3258\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-3090 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/3rd-edition-of-the-social-medicine-reader-published\/\" class=\"soliloquy-link\" title=\"OberlanderBoth\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-3090\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2019\/05\/OberlanderBoth-900x675_c.jpg\" alt=\"OberlanderBoth\" \/><\/a><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom soliloquy-caption-mobile\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\"><h1 class=\"slider-titlev2\">Social Medicine Reader<\/h1><br><div class=\"soliloquy-btn\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/3rd-edition-of-the-social-medicine-reader-published\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-3274 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/centers-programs\/\" class=\"soliloquy-link\" title=\"UNC_School_of_Medicine_MacNider_Hall_Horizontal\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-3274\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2019\/08\/UNC_School_of_Medicine_MacNider_Hall_Horizontal-900x675_c.jpg\" alt=\"UNC_School_of_Medicine_MacNider_Hall_Horizontal\" \/><\/a><div class=\"soliloquy-caption soliloquy-caption-bottom soliloquy-caption-mobile\"><div class=\"soliloquy-caption-inside\"><h1 class=\"slider-titlev2\">Centers &amp; 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Staff<\/h1><br><div class=\"soliloquy-btn\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/people\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2019\/05\/OberlanderBoth.jpg\" alt=\"OberlanderBoth\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2019\/08\/UNC_School_of_Medicine_MacNider_Hall_Horizontal.jpg\" alt=\"UNC_School_of_Medicine_MacNider_Hall_Horizontal\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2019\/08\/bioethics-group-meeting.jpg\" alt=\"bioethics-group-meeting\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"base-style\">\n<div class=\"quick-links_bg\"><aside class=\"widget\"><h3>Quick Links\n   <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/3rd-edition-of-the-social-medicine-reader-published\/\">Social Medicine Reader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/people\/\">Faculty, Postdocs, &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/centers-programs\/\">Centers &amp; Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/education-training\/shs1-2\/\">Education &amp; Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/give.unc.edu\/donate?f=348913\">Giving<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"university\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-university\">Message From The Chair<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-7 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h3 id=\"intro\" style=\"padding-top: 24px\">The Department of Social Medicine promotes teaching, research, and service that addresses the social dimensions of health, illness, and medical care. With faculty trained in the humanities, social sciences, and clinical medicine, Social Medicine is unique among medical school departments in its disciplinary breadth and scope. The department is committed to conducting collaborative and boundary-pushing research; mobilizing concepts and methods from the social sciences and humanities to strengthen and transform medical education; and championing the needs and interests of the communities with which we work.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-family: Open, sans-serif;font-size: 2.25rem;line-height: 1.25\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/about\/\">Read More From Dr. Mara Buchbinder | Department Chair<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 hidden-xs oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/directory\/mara-buchbinder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4907 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2025\/01\/Mara_cropped-255x300.png\" alt=\"Mara Buchbinder, PhD, Department Chair\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2025\/01\/Mara_cropped-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2025\/01\/Mara_cropped.png 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"calendar\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-calendar\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/events\/\">More Events<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"event-calendar responsive\"><div><div class=\"event-post\"><div class=\"event-date\"><time>Jun<span>22<\/span><\/time><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><h4 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/2025\/10\/henderson-receives-1-million-nhgri-grant-to-host-3-biennial-conferences\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Save the Date! 7th ELSI Congress 2026<\/a><\/h4><p>Monday 12:00 am<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"event-post\"><div class=\"event-date\"><time>Aug<span>19<\/span><\/time><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><h4 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/talk\/book-talk-with-virginia-eubanks\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Book Talk with Virginia Eubanks | Medicine\/Pediatrics Ethics Joint Event<\/a><\/h4><p>Wednesday 12:15 pm<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"event-post\"><div class=\"event-date\"><time>Sep<span>23<\/span><\/time><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><h4 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/talk\/misinformation-the-global-listening-project\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Save the Date! Misinformation: The Global Listening Project | UNC Center for Bioethics<\/a><\/h4><p>Wednesday 5:00 pm<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div class=\"event-post\"><div class=\"event-date\"><time>Oct<span>01<\/span><\/time><\/div><div class=\"event-details\"><h4 class=\"media-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/talk\/salter\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Save the Date! Annual Pediatric Visiting Ethics Scholar &#8211; Erica K. Salter, PhD, HEC-C<\/a><\/h4><p>Thursday 8:00 am<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- .hfeed -->\n<h2\n\t         id=\"newspaper-o\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-newspaper-o\">Recent News<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/news\/\">More News<\/a><\/p>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/2026\/05\/20\/rebecca-walker-on-being-named-interim-external-chair-of-the-department-of-communication-effective-july-1\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rebecca Walker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">3 weeks ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Dr. Rebecca Walker Named Interim External Chair of the Department of Communication<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\"><\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Rebecca Walker Named Interim External Chair of the Department of Communication\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/2026\/05\/20\/rebecca-walker-and-students-win-friday-arts-humanities-research-award\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rebecca Walker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2020\/10\/Rebecca-Walker-PhD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">3 weeks ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Dr. Rebecca Walker and students, Win Friday Arts &amp; Humanities Research Award<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\"><\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Rebecca Walker and students, Win Friday Arts &amp; Humanities Research Award\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greenwall.org\/grants\/the-pediatric-vaccine-encounter-in-a-new-era-identifying-and-mitigating-ethical-challenges\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-26-150728.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-26-150728.png 412w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-26-150728-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-26-150728-280x210.png 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">3 weeks ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">Dr. Mara Buchbinder Receives Grant from The Greenwall Foundation to Study Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Vaccine Encounters; Dr. Krista Perreira Co-Investigates.<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\"><\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dr. Mara Buchbinder Receives Grant from The Greenwall Foundation to Study Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Vaccine Encounters; Dr. Krista Perreira Co-Investigates.\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioethics.unc.edu\/2026\/05\/18\/clinical-ethics-consultation-update-participation-in-unc-hospitals-team-appreciation-week\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-19-105806.png\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-19-105806.png 387w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/462\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-19-105806-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">4 weeks ago<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--all\">UNC Center for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Consultation Update: Participation in UNC Hospitals Team Appreciation Week<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--all\"><\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Center for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Consultation Update: Participation in UNC Hospitals Team Appreciation Week\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>            <\/div><!-- [heels_quicklinksnews_posts crop=\"false\" category=\"news\" tags=\"\"]--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Events More News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8577,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UNC Department of Social Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department of Social Medicine is committed to teaching, research, and service that addresses the social dimensions of health, illness, and doctoring.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The UNC Department of Social Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of Social Medicine is committed to teaching, research, and service that addresses the social dimensions of health, illness, and doctoring. 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