From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Mon Aug 4 20:54:52 1997 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id UAA25184 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 20:54:50 -0600 (MDT) Received: from PPP-97-11.BU.EDU (PPP-97-11.BU.EDU [128.197.9.227]) by brown.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA11400 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 22:54:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 22:54:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708050254.WAA11400@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: Sol Levine Memorial Session at ASA Hi, We now know the room for the Memorial Session for Sol Levine. It is 6:30 PM Saturday August 9 in the Wentworth Room at the Sherton Centre. Speakers are: Fraser Mustard (The Founders' Network),Debra Lerner (The Health Institute, New England Medical Center) Jack Elinson (Columbia University), Sam Bloom (Mount Sinai Medical School). We hope to see many of you there. Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Tue Aug 5 06:39:47 1997 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id GAA09466 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 06:39:45 -0600 (MDT) Received: from PPP-82-3.BU.EDU (PPP-82-3.BU.EDU [128.197.8.55]) by brown.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA13283 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 08:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 08:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708051239.IAA13283@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine Call for Papers Special Issue of Social Science & Medicine A CELEBRATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOL LEVINE Guest editor, Phil Brown (Department of Sociology, Brown University), with the assistance of an editorial committee of colleagues of Sol Levine Sol Levine, who died in 1996 was a central figure, a major educator, and a great citizen in medical sociology. He was chosen in 1986 for the honor of the Medical Sociology Section's Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology. This Special Issue of Social Science and Medicine will provide a fitting remembrance of Sol Levine's contributions in stress and health, heart disease, the experience of illness, quality of life, medical education, the changing nature of the medical profession, organizational structure and innovation in health organizations, community level factors in health status, and social inequality and health. It is expected that papers will cover the above-mentioned topics. Papers will include two types: 1) Papers that explicate the contributions of Sol Levine in the various research areas he was involved with over his life. 2) Papers that utilize frameworks, theories, and approaches that Sol Levine developed. Some of the papers may be revisions of presentations made at several venues: 1) a memorial session at the 1997 American Sociological Association Meeting, 2) the first annual Sol Levine Memorial Lecture to be given at the Harvard School of Public Health, and 3) a symposium on Sol Levine's contributions to be held at The Health Institute at New England Medical Center. Deadline for submission of articles is January 15, 1998. In order to avoid duplication of topics, people should notify the guest editor by October 15 about the topic of the paper they intend to submit. The Special Issue is on an accelerated time schedule, with an expected fall 1998 publication, so that Sol Levine's memory will be honored as soon as possible. Therefore it is urgent that contributors meet the deadlines. Articles will be peer-reviewed. Please send to Phil Brown, Department of Sociology, Brown University, Box 1916, Providence RI 02912. There is a very strong likelihood that the contents of the Special Issue will be reprinted in a book that will also include some more personal appreciations and eulogies, an extended introductory essay, as well as a bibliography of Sol Levine's work. Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From sb5@doc.mssm.edu Tue Aug 5 08:31:17 1997 Received: from doc (doc.mssm.edu [146.203.1.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id IAA14736 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 08:31:15 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost by doc (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA29829; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:26:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:26:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Samuel Bloom (COM-M)" Reply-To: "Samuel Bloom (COM-M)" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Medsoctraining Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I am trying to draw a portrait of the current state of graduate training in medical sociology. At one time, NIMH published information about the sites they supported, including summary figures on the numbers of predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and the amounts of money involved. Currently, however, no such reports appear to be available and my attempts to reconstruct from different sources the same type of data has failed. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information about where programs of graduate training in medical sociology exist, the numbers of trainees,the type and source of support, and any other descriptive information thais available. With warmest thanks in advance. Sam Bloom (Professor) Mount Sinai School of Medicine/CUNY Box 1043 New York, NY 10029 Phone:212 2417846/FAX:212 5347193 ATQ0V1E1S0=0 ATDT12125343055 3 From CONRAD@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Tue Aug 5 10:17:12 1997 Received: from binah.cc.brandeis.edu (binah.cc.brandeis.edu [129.64.1.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id KAA20744 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:17:11 -0600 (MDT) From: CONRAD@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Received: from BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU by BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (PMDF V5.1-7 #17138) id <01IM2WD2YWCGHVFGNG@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 12:17:08 EST Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 12:17:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Medsoctraining To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <01IM2WD2ZFMQHVFGNG@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> X-VMS-To: IN%"MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sam- It isn't clear from your query whether you are interested in graduate programs that 'train' students especially in medical sociology or programs that are supported by NIMH or another source for medical sociology training. For example, medical sociology is one of the 3 substantive areas of focus in our graduate program and we have about 9 students at various levels of graduate education now studying or writing dissertations in medical sociology. You might want to clarify this. Peter Conrad Brandeis University From Hernandez@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Tue Aug 5 10:44:39 1997 Received: from binah.cc.brandeis.edu (binah.cc.brandeis.edu [129.64.1.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id KAA24783 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:44:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from Rafael.FCPC ([129.64.58.111]) by BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (PMDF V5.1-7 #17138) with SMTP id <01IM2V7L7G5SHVIE1W@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> for MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 5 Aug 1997 11:41:01 EST Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 11:41:50 -0500 From: "P. Rafael Hernandez" Subject: Re: Medsoctraining X-Sender: Hernandez@binah.cc.brandeis.edu To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <3.0.32.19970805114104.0068e088@binah.cc.brandeis.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable At 10:26 AM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote: > I am trying to draw a portrait of the current state of graduate training >in medical sociology. At one time, NIMH published information about the >sites they supported, including summary figures on the numbers of >predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and the amounts of money involved. >Currently, however, no such reports appear to be available and my attempts >to reconstruct from different sources the same type of data has failed. > >I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information about where >programs of graduate training in medical sociology exist, the numbers of >trainees,the type and source of support, and any other descriptive >information thais available. > >With warmest thanks in advance. > >Sam Bloom (Professor) >Mount Sinai School of Medicine/CUNY >Box 1043 >New York, NY 10029 >Phone:212 2417846/FAX:212 5347193 >ATQ0V1E1S0=3D0 >ATDT12125343055 > > Dear Prof. Bloom, The ASA updated and published last year the new Deprtment Directory. One of the Directory's features is the break down of departments by area of specialty, being medical sociology and soc of mental health two of the areas. I was one your students in 1991 in the history of medical sociology. Currently I am a graduate student at Brandeis University working with Peter Conrad in medical sociology. If I can be of any help in your project, please do not hesitate to contact me. > > > > P. Rafael Hern=E1ndez Department of Sociology, and The Heller Graduate School Brandeis University From mkzjfw@mkn1.genprac.nottingham.ac.uk Wed Aug 6 01:26:31 1997 Received: from nottingham.ac.uk (pat.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.40.194]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id BAA16397 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 01:26:25 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mkn1.genprac.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.171.4] by nottingham.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.61 #2) id 0ww0UA-0007e2-00; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:26:22 +0100 Received: from MKN1/MERCURYQ by mkn1.genprac.nottingham.ac.uk (Mercury 1.21); 6 Aug 97 08:29:21 GMT0BST Received: from MERCURYQ by MKN1 (Mercury 1.21); 6 Aug 97 08:29:14 GMT0BST From: "JANE FALK-WHYNES" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:29:08 GMT0BST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Medsoctraining In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.53/R1) Message-ID: To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: Medsoctraining Date sent: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:23:42 GMT0BST In reply to your request for information I can tell you what we do here at the University of Nottingham UK, in our Medical School. This may not supply you with details that exactly relate to your original USA request but may be of interest? Medical sociology is an important part of several graduate courses that we run here, Masters in Medical Science MMedSI Masters in Public Health Medicine M PH Masters in Medical Education MMEd These are the main taught courses. In addition we run a wide range of pure research programmes carried out by PhD students, and others, many of whom would describe both their fields of interest and their methodology in terms of "medical sociology". It the department of General Practice we have a full time non clinical senior lecturer in Medical sociology - Dr. Roland Petchy. The team leader and head of department, Professor Mike Pringle has brought together an interesting group of medical professionals, educationalists, economists, public health specialists and medical sociologists to work on or teach about the kind projects that may be of interest to you. If you would like any further details please write to us at :- The Department of General practice The Medical School University Hospital Queens Medical Centre Nottingham, UK. NG7 2UH Regards, jane.falk-whynes@nottingham.ac.uk Jane.Falk-Whynes@nottingham.ac.uk Department of General Practice. QMC Tel: 0115 9709387 Internal: 42566 From lqzrd@lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk Wed Aug 6 03:18:49 1997 Received: from nottingham.ac.uk (pat.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.40.194]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id DAA20090 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 03:18:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk [128.243.156.3] by nottingham.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.61 #2) id 0ww2El-00016k-00; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 10:18:35 +0100 Received: from LZN2/MERCURYQ by lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk (Mercury 1.21); 6 Aug 97 10:18:44 GMT0BST Received: from MERCURYQ by LZN2 (Mercury 1.21); 6 Aug 97 10:18:40 GMT0BST From: "ROBERT DINGWALL" To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 10:18:36 GMT0BST Subject: Re: Medsoctraining CC: LQZEM@lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <285727140B4@lzn2.lass.nottingham.ac.uk> I am not sure whether to take up mailbox space in the summer to reflect the need for better co-ordination at the University of Nottingham in a way which only partially deals with Sam Bloom's original question, which I had discussed with our Director of Research Training, Dr Elizabeth Murphy, and decided not to respond to. However, Jane Falk-Whynes has given a rather partial account of the situation here and I would like to fill it out for the record. 1. Most of the medical sociology teaching that she refers to is actually provided by staff in this department, the School of Social Studies (shortly to become the School of Sociology and Social Policy). It is also a specialist area in our graduate training program, which is accredited by ESRC and the Department of Health and currently submitted for accreditation to the MRC. We offer three graduate degrees - an MA by research and thesis which involves 3 graduate courses in research methods and philosophy of social science and a course in medical sociology; an MA in Health and Social Policy, which involves 6 courses studying various approaches to policy analysis; and a PhD program, which follows the same track as the MA by R&T for the first year but then proceeds to a longer thesis. There are also some compulsory elements of professional skills training. We currently have 10 PhD students in medical sociology and awarded two doctorates last year. Funding comes from a variety of sources, mainly restricted to UK nationals. 2. The faculty involved in graduate teaching and supervision include: Professor Robert Dingwall (Professions, law and health care, organizations); Professor Nick Manning (Mental health, health inequalities); Professor Christian Heath (Medical communication, organization, technology and work) Dr Elizabeth Murphy; (Food and nutrition, gender and health, illness behaviour); Dr Gillian Pascall (Gender and health, community care, disability); Dr Ian Shaw (Community care, mental health, learning disability, evaluation); Dr Catherine Pettinari (Dr/patient interaction, prison medicine, technology and medical work). We have also undertaken joint supervision with Professor Nicky James in the School of Nursing and Professor Ken Starkey in the School of Management. 3. As Jane's posting indicated, Nottingham has a large and vibrant community of social scientists working on aspects of health care. The Trent Institute for Health Services Research is a major centre for work in epidemiology and health economics, led by Professor Clair Chilvers and Dr David Whynes. The Centre for Health Services Management in the School of Management is currently looking to recruit a new Director but has an active program of research and graduate training in health serrvice organization and management. The Nottingham School of Public Health is a major provider of graduate education and is particularly noted for its links with Eastern Europe. There are many clinicians sympathetic to social science research in most specialties and a particularly lively School of Nursing. The Psychology Department is a WHO Centre for its work on occupational stress. 4. I shall be at the ASA in Toronto and would be happy to talk more about the opportunities and programs here. If any graduate students are interested in spending a year with us, they might look out for Dr Alison Pilnick, who completed her PhD here last session, and will also be in Toronto. Robert Dingwall Professor of Sociology School of Social Studies University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD United Kingdom Tel +44 (115) 951-5418 Fax +44 (115) 951-5232 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lqzweb/sochome.htm From sb5@doc.mssm.edu Fri Aug 8 18:03:32 1997 Received: from doc (doc.mssm.edu [146.203.1.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id SAA17416 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:03:30 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost by doc (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA08677; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 19:59:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 19:59:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Samuel Bloom (COM-M)" To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: Re: Medsoctraining In-Reply-To: <01IM2WD2ZFMQHVFGNG@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII With thanks to Peter Conrad, I would like to clarify my message about medsotraining. I am interested in all graduate programs supported by NIMH or other sources which include medical sociology specifically or possibly. That other areas of focus are included is OK. Indeed my assumption is that few if any programs remain which are exclusively for medical sociology, but if they are, I need to know about them, but not only them. I hope this is clear. Again my thanks to those who have already answered and those who will. Sam Bloom From tgallagh@kent.edu Fri Aug 15 09:29:31 1997 Received: from kent.edu (kent.edu [131.123.14.253]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id JAA29248 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:29:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from Gallager.kent.edu ([131.123.251.9]) by kent.edu (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id LAA17649 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:29:49 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970815111807.007d1d20@kent.edu> X-Sender: tgallagh@kent.edu Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:18:07 -0400 To: MEDSOC@csf.colorado.edu From: Tim Gallagher Subject: ASA Medical Sociology Section Website Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" If you haven't yet done so, take a look at the section's new website at http://kent.edu/~tgallagh/asamedsoc/. We strongly encourage you to let us know what you think about it, how useful it is to you, and where you would like to see changes. Timothy J. Gallagher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Sociology Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 email: tgallagh@kent.edu phone: (330) 672-2709 fax: (330) 672-4724 From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Fri Aug 15 19:01:56 1997 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id TAA12739; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:01:55 -0600 (MDT) Received: from PPP-85-8.BU.EDU (PPP-85-8.BU.EDU [128.197.8.156]) by brown.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA22787; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708160101.VAA22787@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu, medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: new edition of No Safe Place I would like to call attention to the new paperback edition of my book, No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action (University of California Press). While no revisions have been made in the book, there is an Introduction that details the events in the Woburn leukemia case in the 7 years since the book first came out. This includes both legal matters and medical research, some of which confirms the residents' original research. The book also includes a Preface by Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action, the journalistic account of the legal aspects of the Woburn case. (interesting aside: Jonathan Harr's excellent book is now in its 48th week on the New York Times paperback best seller list. Robert Redford purchased the movie rights and the movie will star John Travolta as Jan Schlichtman, the Woburn residents' lawyer.) Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From tgallagh@kent.edu Sun Aug 24 06:34:47 1997 Received: from kent.edu (kent.edu [131.123.14.253]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id GAA13715 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 06:34:45 -0600 (MDT) Received: from Gallagher.kent.edu ([131.123.251.8]) by kent.edu (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id IAA33880 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 08:35:10 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970824083639.007c2870@kent.edu> X-Sender: tgallagh@kent.edu Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 08:36:39 -0400 To: MEDSOC@csf.colorado.edu From: Tim Gallagher Subject: Updating Your Web Browser Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" If you have attempted to go to our website at http://kent.edu/~tgallagh/asamedsoc/ but received a message that your web browser does not support frames, you may want to update your browser. To update Netscape to Netscape 4 (Communicator) go to http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/upgrade.cgi. To update Internet Explorer to version 4.0 go to http://www.microsoft.com/ie/. Timothy J. Gallagher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Sociology Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 email: tgallagh@kent.edu phone: (330) 672-2709 fax: (330) 672-4724