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09 September 2026 - 11 September 2026

The Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Conference 2026

Location: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London

2026 will see the 70th edition of the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Conference, joint with the 2026 European Congress of Epidemiology! Registration now open!

More about the Event:

This will be:

  • the 70th conference of the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health
  • the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of the International Epidemiological Association
  • the first European Congress of Epidemiology since Cork, Ireland 2019

Registration is now open! 
Register here: https://bit.ly/4d75tRz 
Register before 23:59 BST on Friday 24th July, 2026 to take advantage of the Early Bird rate. 

Full programme details will be released soon but some things to look forward to in the meantime:

  • Pemberton Lecture – Carol Brayne, Professor of Public Health Medicine
  • Cochrane Lecture - Nishi Chaturvedi, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Plenary Panel – Causes and prevention: celebrating Jorn Olsen’s legacy in epidemiology
  • Workshops & Social Activities - An exciting range of workshops spanning a range of methods and topics, as well as social activities including a John Snow themed walking tour, hosted tour of the Wellcome Collection and indoor relaxation. 

If you are an Honorary SSM life member and would like to attend the conference please contact chloe.naylor@hg3.co.uk 

The event is being organised by Oyinlola Oyebode and Rohini Mathur from the Wolfson Institute of Population Health (QMUL) with Raquel Lucas representing the International Epidemiological Association.

Queen's building, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary, University of London

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