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Mark your calendars! 📅 Our 11th annual meeting is coming up July 28-31, 2026, in Kiel, Germany. Make sure your membership is up to date to get registration discounts when they become available. This is going to be a great gathering of our community! isemph.org

Why do humans get so many chronic diseases? How does understanding our evolutionary past help us address modern health crises? These are questions ISEMPH members explore every day. Follow us for insights from researchers working at the frontiers of evolutionary medicine.

The journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health publishes research at the intersection of evolutionary biology and health sciences. Check out the latest articles to see how evolutionary thinking is shaping our understanding of disease and health: academic.oup.com/emph

Final reminder — abstract submissions for ISEMPH 2026 close on March 1st. This is also when travel award decisions will be announced. Submit now if you haven't already: isemph.org

One week left to submit your abstract for ISEMPH 2026 in Kiel! Travel award decisions will also be announced on March 1st. Get your submission in before the deadline: isemph.org

Evolutionary perspectives help us understand modern health challenges, from antibiotic resistance to chronic diseases to mental health. At ISEMPH, we bring together researchers, clinicians, and public health professionals to explore these connections and find new solutions.

Nominate an article on evolution and medicine for the Omenn Prize of $5000 and a trip to the annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. Self-nominations are welcome. Details at isemph.org/Omenn-Prize

Only 3 more days to get a 20% discount on ISEMPH membership! Use code "EB2026" at checkout. Membership pays for itself if you come to even one meeting in 3 years. Register for the July meeting also, refund is easy if you can't make it after all. isemph.org

Students who want to join is in Kiel, Germany for ISEMPH 2026 can apply for the Student Travel Award! Submit an abstract now to be able to apply! We look forward to seeing you! isemph.org/page-18356

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health: All articles published in 2025, its 13th year! open.substack.com/pub/evmedrevie…

If you are not yet subscribed to The Evolution and Medicine Review, head to EvMedReview.com and get connected to the evolution and medicine community.

Submissions open till June 2026 Special Issue on “ecological and evolutionary thinking in cancer” Very happy to be working with Jason Somarelli @DukeU and Norman Johnson @UMassAmherst to bring this out. academic.oup.com/emph/pages/exp… #evomed #ecoevo #cancer RT and submit! 🤓 @ISEMPH

ISEMPH 2025 In Nashville was a tremendous success - a beautiful location, gracious hosts, and an incredible breadth and quality of work presented by attendees. See you next year in Kiel, Germany!

Spectacular talk on genetic conflicts and gestational surrogacy by @WildlifeMcCoy, winner of the Omenn prize at #ISEMPH2025 #EvolutionaryMedicine conference in Nashville. #EvMed

Only two days left to get your ticket to #ISEMPH2025! We have an awesome lineup of speakers and social events ready.... Make sure you're able to join us!

Williams Prize 2025: Host-gut microbiota interactions during pregnancy, Evol Med Public Health. Katherine R Amato et al. 2024 Jan 6;12(1):7-23. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoae001.

Omenn Prize 2025: Egg donation and gestational surrogacy: Pregnancy is riskier with an unrelated embryo. Dakota E McCoy, David Haig, Jennifer Kotler. Early Hum Dev. 2024 Sep:196:106072. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106072

We are delighted to announce the Omenn Prize and Williams Prize winners who will present their work at our annual meeting ISEMPH2025 in Nashville USA, 8-10- July!

Cynthia Beall, PhD, Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA

New Council Members: Adrian Jäggi, PhD, Professor at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland Anuraag Bukkuri, PhD, Postdoc at University of Pittsburgh & Hillman Cancer Center, Woodbury MN, USA

We are delighted to announce the results of the ISEMPH election and welcome new officers and council members who will take their positions at the ISEMPH 2025 meeting: New President Elect: Joe Alcock, MD, Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, USA