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Annual Conference

The Society for Social Medicine & Population Health organises an annual conference, typically in September, which is open to anyone interested in population health sciences and social medicine. Alongside parallel sessions of scientific presentations, each year we host two invited lectures: the Pemberton Lecture and the Cochrane Lecture.

Come and join us as we share information and network in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

Annual Conference
2026

9th - 11th September 2026,

Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London

Why should I attend?

Anyone interested in population health sciences is very welcome! Join us to share information and network in a friendly and informal atmosphere.

Our three priorities are quality research, networking, and career development (especially for early career researchers and mid-career researchers).

Our conference welcomes a range of research approaches (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods) to address important issues in population health in its widest sense, spanning wellbeing, illness, and disease.

Who attends?

Last year, over 250 participants joined us from all over the world. Some 80 early career researchers also attended the pre-conference day on inter- and transdisciplinarity in public health research. Attendees ranged from senior academics to postgraduate students, with strong representation from the wider public health community. We also had representation from a wide variety of disciplines, including public health, epidemiology, social sciences, economics, psychology, health services research, disease prevention, policy, and political science.

Please ask for the concession at the time of abstract submission. Applications for our free place scheme will open at the same time as abstract submission.

Testimonials

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“I appreciated the balance of keynote topic areas, particularly the review on child poverty and health inequality. I feel it is important to be reminded of the stark impact of health inequalities on vulnerable groups, and our responsibility as researchers to communicate findings, and work to ensure that such outcomes do not persist.”
Gargie Ahmad