0017 - Social Science and Social Justice: Global Health Research Since the Start of the HIV Pandemic

Session Submission Type: Preconference

Description

This year’s theme presents a critical opportunity to examine sociological contributions to research on HIV and global health. The HIV pandemic yielded the largest global response to any illness in history, offering an important lens through which to examine inequality and social justice. Early activism in places like New York City played a major role in drawing attention to the need for government action on HIV, but around the world, dramatic changes to the broader global health landscape were also occurring. Although progress has been made on HIV and other global health issues, enormous disparities remain with regard to what health and illness look like, how programs and policies are implemented, and who lives and dies. These inequities – rooted in racism, sexism, homophobia, economic injustice, and global power structures – are inextricably linked to the social organization of societies, institutions, politics, and power, and thus require a response oriented towards social justice and informed by sociology.

This preconference will bring together scholars from diverse sociological approaches (e.g. medical, social movements, political, development, human rights, comparative/historical, global/transnational) with the goals of sharing cutting edge research, stimulating discussion around social justice and health, building collaborations, and laying out a future research agenda. Importantly, it will provide an opportunity to think about how lessons learned from the HIV response can be adapted to other health issues; how global health research in other areas might inform the changing HIV response; and how sociologists are uniquely positioned to tackle our greatest health threats. Sessions will advance theory and practice, while challenging sociologists to think critically about their role as scholars and potential as activists. Selected abstracts speak to the following themes: 1) Power, Politics and Global Health; 2) Health Inequities and the Consequences of Social Suffering; and 3) Health Activism and the Pursuit of Social Justice.

Sub Unit

• Preconference

Session Organizers

• Brooke S. West, Columbia University

• Joseph A. Harris, Boston University

• Nicole Angotti, American University

• Rachel Sullivan Robinson, American University

• Shiri Noy, Denison University

• Anne Marie Montgomery, Columbia University

• Samuel R. Friedman, NYU Medical School

• Sanyu A. Mojola, Princeton University

• Tasleem Juana Padamsee, Ohio State University

Panelists

• Carol Heimer, Northwestern University

• Sanyu A. Mojola, Princeton University

• Alexander Kentikelenis, Bocconi University

• Connor Rochford, University of Oxford

• Andrew Schrank, Brown University

• Matthew B. Flynn, Georgia Southern University

• Eric Orion Silva, Georgia Southern University

• Tine Hanrieder

• Kelly Austin, Lehigh University

• Laura McKinney, Tulane University

• Rebekah Burroway, Stony Brook University

• Aarushi Bhandari, State University of New York-Stony Brook

• Robert Wyrod, University of Colorado Boulder

• Jeffrey Swindle, University of Michigan

• Samuel R. Friedman, NYU Medical School

• Amy Yuan Zhou, Barnard College, Columbia University

• Catherine van de Ruit, Ursinus College

• Nicole Angotti, American University

• Angela Chaudhuri, Swasti Health Catalyst

• Mark D. Noble, Susquehanna University

• Sarah Brothers, Yale University

• Rachel Sarah Core, Stetson University

• Sarah Bosha, University of Notre Dame

• Po-Chia Tseng, University of Illinois

• Chuncheng Liu, University of California San Diego

• Angela A. Aidala, Columbia University

• Maiko Yomogida, Columbia University

• Jorge Fontdevila, California State University Fullerton

• Iim Halimatusadiyah, Iowa State University

• Suzan Walters, New York University

• Teresa L. Scheid, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

• Gowri Vijayakumar, Brandeis University

• Lillian Walkover, Drexel

• Magdalena Szaflarski, University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Jonathan David Shaffer, Boston University

• Joseph A. Harris, Boston University

• Kay Jin Rayner Tan, National University of Singapore

• Rachel Sullivan Robinson, American University

• Tara A. McKay, Vanderbilt University

• Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes, Northwestern University