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Welcome to the Syndemics Research Website
“I think of lichens as kind of a doorway between organisms [or individual species] and ecosystems. Look out one direction, and you see individual things; look the other way, you see processes, relationships—things together. This is the new level in understanding biology.” --Douglas Chadwick
The purpose of this website is to foster global interaction and collaboration among researchers and others interested in syndemics, understanding of which constitutes part of the new understanding in biology, public health, and the medical social sciences. The term syndemic refers to the concentration and deleterious interaction of two or more diseases or other health conditions in a population as a consequence of social disparity.
A browser search for the term "syndemic" now produces hundreds of items (including journal articles, book chapters, magazine articles, conference presentations, newletter stories, dictionary and encyclopedia listings, websites and other channels of communication).
To the left, under navigation, is a Menu of the various sections of this website. Key information about syndemics is found on the Syndemic Discourse page. SynNews reports new developments in syndemics research and publication. Open Discussion offers a place to raise issues, initiate discussions, ask fellow site members questions or seek input, etc. Syndemic Links provides a set of clickable electronic linkages to other sites with syndemic information. For a regularly updated set of published or presented references on syndemics click on Syndemic Biblio.
One can visit this site to keep updated on developments in syndemic theory and research, or one can join this website and also be able to post information and engage in online discussions.
To join, select "Request an Account" in the menu. Please fully fill out the requested information to facilitate approval of membership in the site.
The site is maintained through the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs. CT, USA.
