Society for Social Medicine

Society for Social Medicine & Population Health
AbbreviationSocSocMed
Formation1956
Founded atLondon
PurposeTo promote Population Health research
Websitewww.socsocmed.org.uk

The Society for Social Medicine (SSM) is the primary organization for researchers in social, community, and public health in the UK and Ireland, founded in London in 1956. The society was renamed the Society for Social Medicine and Population Health. It is affiliated with the European Public Health Association and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association's European Epidemiology Federation.