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Table 1

Venues of the annual scientific meetings of the Society for Social Medicine from its inception.


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1957
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1974
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1976
1977
1978
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1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
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1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
University of Birmingham
Trinity College, Dublin
University of Dundee
St Hugh’s College Oxford
University of London
Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff
Queen’s University, Belfast
University of Aberdeen
University of Sheffield
University of Edinburgh
University of Manchester
The Imperial College London
University of Glasgow
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
Trinity College, Dublin
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford
University of Southampton
Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff
University of Kent, Canterbury
Imperial College, London
University of Birmingham
University of Leeds
University of Bristol
Churchill College, Cambridge
Teesside Polytechnic, Middlesborough
University of Aberdeen
University of Sheffield
University of Oxford
University of Liverpool
University of Leicester
University of Dublin
University of Newcastle
University of Manchester
University of Glasgow
University of Southampton
University of Nottingham
University of Cambridge
University of Leeds
Royal Holloway (University of London)
University of Dundee
University of York
Welsh Coll. of Medicine, Cardiff
University of Sheffield
University of East Anglia
University of Oxford
University of Liverpool
University of Edinburgh
University of Birmingham
University of Glasgow
University of Leeds
University College, Cork
University of Southampton
University of Newcastle
University of Belfast
University of Warwick
LSHTM, University of London

 

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Table 2

The Cochrane Lecture was set up in 1990 to honour the memory of Archie Cochrane and is given at the annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. The Pemberton Lecture  was set up in 2007 in honour of John Pemberton, founder of the Society in 1956. Cochrane and Pemberton Lecturers since 1990 have been as follows:

Year Lecturer Title
1990

1991

1992


1993



1994

1995

1996


1997


1998


1999


2000


2001

2002


2003


2004



2005



2006


2007



 


2008


 

2009





2010







2011
Peter Elwood

Donald Acheson

Iain Chalmers


Klim McPherson



Stuart Kilpatrick

Kay Dickersin

Alan Williams


Julian Tudor Hart


Ann Oakley


Richard Lilford


Nick Black


Richard Peto

Catherine Peckham


Mildred Blaxter


George Davey Smith



John Fox



Martin McKee


P:
Jørn Olsen


C: Trevor Sheldon



P
: Paul Elliot


C
: Robert Beaglehole

P: Valerie Beral


C: Sally Macintyre


P: Johan Mackenbach



C:
Mark Petticrew



P: Debbie Lawlor


C: Peter Groenewegen
 
Archie Cochrane.

Health, cities and the future.

Getting to grips with Archie Cochrane's agenda.

The best and the enemy of the good: assessing the role of patient choice in medical decision making.

Tuberculosis - yesterday and today.

Consumer involvement in research.

All cost-effective treatments should be free!

What sorts of evidence do we need for evidence-based medicine.

Social science and the experimenting society.

What use are qualitative data when decisions have to be made?

Evidence, policy, and evidence-based policy

Halving premature death.

Science to policy: HIV and other fetal and childhood infections.

Fish in water: social capital and the qualitative researcher.

Randomised by (your) god: robust evidence from an observational study design.

Changing the information culture: a role for the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Cochrane on communism; influence of ideology on search for evidence.

Recent Achievements and Challenges in Epidemiology.

Hen's teeth: Watering down the evidence base for mass fluoridation and other public health and social interventions.

Small-area studies of environment & health.

Global Public Health: A scorecard.

Good intentions and received wisdom are not good enough.

The causes and prevention of breast cancer

Can we reduce health inequalities? Some lessons from the English strategy (1998-2010)

From evidence based medicine to evidence-based everything: the irresistible rise of the systematic review

Developmental overnutrition - an old hypothesis with new importance?

Strengthening primary care in weak primary health care systems
 
   
 P = Pemberton Lecturer  C = Cochrane Lecturer

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Table 3

Society for Social Medicine – Officers and Committee Members 1983-2011

Position 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members
M D Warren
J Walker
F A Boddy
J A Heady
V Carstairs
J R Ashton
M Clarke
T J Cullinan
I T Russell
M P Vessey
P H N Wood
J A Heady
M Clarke
F A Boddy
W W Holland
M D Warren
S Adam
J R Ashton
T J Cullinan
K Dunnell
I T Russell
M P Vessey
W W Holland
M Clarke
F A Boddy
D J Newell
J A Heady
S Adam
J R Ashton
T J Cullinan
K Dunnell
C M U Maclean
I T Russell
D J Newell
F A Boddy
M Clarke
W W Holland
A Cartwright
S Adam
N Black
K Dunnell
S Farrow
J Fox
C M U Maclean
A Cartwright
M Clarke
F A Boddy
J Leeson
D J Newell
N Black
S Farrow
J Fox
C M U Maclean
K McPherson
M Wadsworth
1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members
J Leeson
M Clarke
K Dunnell
J Butler
A Cartwright
N Black
S Farrow
J Fox
K McPherson
P Strong
M Wadsworth
J Butler
K McPherson
K Dunnell
E Alberman
J Leeson
S Farrow
A Johnson
R Madly
M Marmot
P Strong
M Wadsworth
E Alberman
K McPherson
K Dunnell
D Barker
J Butler
S Farrow
A Johnson
R Madly
M Marmot
N Mays
P Strong
D Barker
K McPherson
K Dunnell
G Draper
E Alberman
A Johnson
M Marmot
N Mays
J Nicholl
M Thorogood
R West
G Draper
K McPherson
K Dunnell
J Chamberlain
D Barker
D Kuh
E McColl
N Mays
J Nicholl
M Thorogood
R West
1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members






Co-opted
J Chamberlain
K McPherson
I Leck
J Fox
G Draper
D Kuh
E McColl
M McKee
J Nicholl
M Thorogood
R West
J Fox
N Black
I Leck
M Clarke
J Chamberlain
G Davey Smith
E Kernohan
D Kuh
E McColl
M McKee


G Richards -ASM
M Clarke
N Black
I Leck
A Boddy
J Fox
A Coulter
K Hunt
G Davey Smith
E Kernohan
M McKee
T Sheldon

D Kuh - Next Secy
A Pollock - News
A Boddy
N Black
D Kuh
K Dunnell
M Clarke
A Coulter
K Hunt
J Jamison
J Popay
R Rona
K Thomas

T Sheldon - ASM
K Dunnell
N Black
D Kuh
C du V Florey
A Boddy
A Coulter
K Hunt
J Jamison
J Popay
R Rona
K Thomas

FLR Williams  -         ASM
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members






Co-opted
C du V Florey
N Black
D Kuh
J McEwen
K Dunnell
J Jamison
N Payne
J Popay
R Rona
K Thomas
S Wyke

R West - ASM
J McEwen
I Harvey
D Kuh
J Nicholl
C du V Florey
A Clarke
J Jamison
N Payne
R Rona
K Thomas
S Wyke
J Nicholl
I Harvey
R Hardy
K McPherson
J McEwen
Y Ben-Schlomo
A Clarke
J Connelly
B Hanratty
D Lawlor
C Wolfe
K McPherson
I Harvey
R Hardy
C Law
J Nicholl
Y Ben-Schlomo
A Clarke
J Connelly
B Hanratty
D Lawlor
C Wolfe

C Florey - Web
S Ziebland - ASM
C Law
I Harvey
R Hardy
A Pollock
K McPherson
Y Ben-Schlomo
J Connelly
B Hanratty
D Lawlor
C Orchard
C Wolfe

C Florey - Web
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members








Co-opted
A Pollock
I Harvey
R Hardy/A Clarke
M Whitehead
C Law
S Ebrahim
G Leng
A O’Cathain
C Orchard
C Wolfe



C Florey -Web
B Hanratty -News
N Payne -EUPHA
R West -IEA-EEF
R Wilson -ASM

M Whitehead
I Harvey
A Clarke
S Mcintyre
A Pollock
S Ebrahim
M Gilthorpe
G Leng
A O’Cathain
C Orchard
J Townsend


C Florey -Web
B Hanratty -News
R West -IEA-EEF
R Wilson -ASM

S Mcintyre
A Clarke
A Downing
I Harvey
M Whitehead
S Ebrahim
M Gilthorpe
R Harrison
G Leng
L Moore - News
A O’Cathain
J Townsend

C Florey -Web
C Orchard EUPHA
R West -IEA-EEF

I Harvey
A Clarke
A Downing
R West - IEA-EEF
S Mcintyre
K Dunn
M Gilthorpe
R Harrison
L Moore - News
S Taylor
J Townsend


C Cooper
S Cummins
C Florey -Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
R West - IEA-EEF
A Clarke
A Downing
D Kuh
I Harvey
C Cooper
K Dunn
M Gilthorpe
R Harrison
L Moore - News
S Taylor


S Cummins
C Florey -Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
I Perry - ASM
  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Chair
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Chair elect
Past chair
Members







Co-opted
D Kuh
A Clarke
A Downing
N Mays
R West - IEA-EEF
C Cooper
S Cummins
K Dunn
M Gilthorpe
I Perry
S Taylor


C Florey -Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
C Orchard - ASM
 
N Mays
A Clarke
A Downing
M McKee
D Kuh
D Batty
C Cooper
S Cummins
M Gilthorpe
I Perry
N Raymond


C Florey - Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
R West - IEA-EEF
M White - ASM
M McKee
A Clarke
J Mindell
M Thorogood
N Mays
D Batty- IEA-EEF
E Breeze
S Cummins
G Mishra
I Perry
N Raymond


C Florey - Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
D O'Reilly - ASM
M Thorogood
M Gilthorpe
J Mindell
M White
M McKee
D Batty- IEA-EEF
E Breeze
I Forde - ECR
D O'Reilly
B Rechel
N Raymond


A Clarke - ASM
C Florey - Web
A Leyland - EUPHA
M White
M Gilthorpe
J Mindell
S Capewell
M Thorogood
J Costa - ECR
E Breeze
N Cable
D O'Reilly
B Rechel
K Rees
P Tennant - ECR

D Batty- IEA-EEF
C Florey - Web
A Leyland - EUPH
N Mays - ASM

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Table 4

List of one-day meetings sponsored by the SSM 2000-2009

Date Title Location Notes
18 April 2000 NHS Direct:
Expectations and Evidence
The University of Sheffield Speakers include:
Gisela Stuart MP, (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
Professor Jeremy Dale, (University of Warwick)
Dr Val Lattimer, (University of Southampton)
Dr James Munro & Professor Jon Nicholl,
(University of Sheffield)

26 April 2000 Primary Care in the New NHS:a research base for policy developments King's Fund, Speakers included; John Howie, Martin Roland, Ken Judge, and Nick Mays
21 July 2000 'Epidemiology, social medicine and public health' London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine A one-day conference to celebrate the 90th
birthday of Professor J. N. Morris
13 Nov 2001 Struck off, But Why?
Research, policy and practice in removing patients from doctors’ lists
Sheffield Hilton Speakers included: Philip Leech (Department of Health),
Donna Covey (Association of Community Health Councils),
James Munro (University of Sheffield),
Tim Stokes (University of Leicester),
Dermot O’Reilly (Queen’s University Belfast).
3 Oct 2003 Developing a framework for equity in the new NHS” will take place on Birkbeck College  
14 Nov 2003 Globalisation and Health Policy Birkbeck College  
3 Mar 2004 Alice Stewart: A Life in Social Medicine Friends House, Euston Road, London  
23 April 2004 Methods in HTA research Southampton  
23 Nov 2004 Mixed Methods in Health Services Research Whirlow Conference Centre, Sheffield Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in a single study is becoming common practice in health research. But are we making the most of this approach? What can we learn from social and educational researchers who have been using mixed methods for decades? What does integration really mean and how can we achieve it in practice? What expertise is needed to undertake mixed methods studies? This day conference offers an opportunity both to consider these issues and to meet researchers with an interest in mixed methods
21 April 2005 Dahlgren and Whitehead and beyond. The social determinants of health in research, policy and service delivery Cardiff Speakers: Margaret Whitehead, Sarah Curtis,  Mel Bartley,  Dennis Raphael and Gareth Williams
17 May 2005 Genes, Populations and Disease: genomic, proteomic and metabonomic approaches in epidemiology Leeds University Business School Speakers: John Findlay (University of Leeds), Alison Dunning (Strangeways Research Laboratory), Elaine Holmes (Imperial College, London), Aroon Hingorani (UCL, London), Paolo Vineis (Imperial College, London), Lyle Palmer (University of Western Australia), Paul Burton (University of Leicester)
23 Nov 2005 Measuring risks and benefits for population health Manchester Speakers: Roger Harrison,
Arpana Verma, Islay Gemmell (University of Manchester)
 
8 Nov 2006 Improving the use of ethnicity in analytical research London Speakers: James Nazroo (UCL), Sarah Salway and Gina Higginbottom (Sheffield), George Ellison (St George’s London), Raj Bhopal (Edinburgh), Laila Halani  (Edinburgh), Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary’s London),
Mark Johnson (De Montfort, Leicester), Richard Tutton (Nott’ham), Kennedy Cruickshank ( Manchester)
22 May 2007 Researching Symptoms: Past, Present And Future Keele University, Staffordshire Simon Wessely, (King's College London), Chris Dowrick (University of Liverpool), Chris Burton (University of Edinburgh), Gita Mishra (MRC National Survey of Health and Development)
30 Oct 2007 Pathways to obesity: methods and measurements Royal Society of Medicine
London W1
Professor Billie Giles-Corti (University of Western Australia, Perth)
Dr Brian Salaens (University of Washington, Seattle)
Professor Mike Batty (University College, London),
Professor Martin White (University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
21 April 2008 Synthesising qualitative research evidence on patients’ views and experiences: methodological issues and utility Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Campus Dr Stephanie Taylor (QMUL)
Dr James Thomas (EPPI-Centre, SSRU, Institute of Education, London)
Dr Cicely Marston (LSH&TM)
Prof Jane Noyes (University of Bangor)
Prof Sandy Oliver (EPPI-Centre, SSRU)
Prof Peter Beresford (Brunel University)
7 April 2009 Randomised Controlled Trials in Public Health and Health Services Research St Mary's Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield Professor Jon Nicholl, (Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield)
Cindy Cooper (Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit)
Professor Mark Petticrew (LSH&TM)
Professor Steve Goodacre (ScHARR, University of Sheffield)
Richard Kay
Professor David Torgerson, (York Trials Unit)
Professor Mike Campbell & Steven Julious (ScHARR, University of Sheffield)
Professor Glenys Parry & Professor Michael Barkham (Centre for Psychological Services Research, University of Sheffield)
30 October 2009 Research governance seminar

Jointly sponsored by the Health Services Research Network (HSRN), The Society for Social Medicine (SSM) and The Society for the Study of Organising for Healthcare (SHOC)

Manchester Janet Wisely, NRES
Jane Pearson, NIHR CSP
Sue Bourne, UKCRC
Ruth Boaden, CLAHRC
 

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