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🔬 2026 Omenn Prize honorable mentions:
Eshan King — drug resistance
Amanda Lea — water stress adaptations
Kimberly Luddy — prostate cancer evolution
Alexander Robertson — poliovirus feedback
Exceptional work across the field 🙌
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Final call — ISEMPH 2026 regular fee registration closes June 15th. This is your last chance to register for the conference in Kiel at the regular fee. Sign up now: isemph.org
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🥇 2026 George C. Williams Prize winner!
Daniel J. Stadtmauer (Harvard Med / Univ. of Vienna) for “Proximate and ultimate causes of pregnancy sickness” (Evol, Med & Public Health, 2025).
Evolutionary insight into a common pregnancy experience
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Regular fee registration for ISEMPH 2026 closes one week today on June 15th. Secure your spot in Kiel this July before it's too late! isemph.org
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Did you know the $5,000 Omenn Prize honors the best paper in evolutionary medicine and public health?
This year's winners, Johan Nordgren & Richard Ă…gren, showed how agriculture shaped the selection of a virus-protective gut variant.
Read more: isemph.org/Omenn-Prize
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🏆 2026 Gilbert S. Omenn Prize winners!
Prof. Johan Nordgren & Richard Ă…gren for "Natural Selection of a Virus-Protective FUT2 Variant Following the Transition to Agriculture" (MBE, 2025).
Presenting at #ISEMPH2026 in Kiel this summer 🎉
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June is here! ISEMPH continues to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in evolutionary biology, medicine, and public health.
Stay tuned for updates on our July conference in Kiel and other opportunities to connect with our community.
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Why do humans experience more difficult childbirths than other primates?
The obstetrical dilemma (balancing bipedalism, brain size, and pelvic anatomy) is a classic example of evolutionary trade-offs that affect health.
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Check out recent publications in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health for research on pathogen evolution, evolutionary epidemiology, reproductive medicine, chronic disease, and more.
EMPH is open access, so all articles are freely available: academic.oup.com/emph
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Life history theory helps us understand the trade-offs between growth, reproduction, and longevity with direct implications for health outcomes across the lifespan.
This evolutionary framework is central to understanding human health and disease patterns.
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Two months until our annual meeting! Join us July 28-31, 2026, in Kiel, Germany.
This will be a wonderful opportunity to connect with colleagues, hear exciting research, and strengthen our community. Registration details coming soon!
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The human microbiome represents millions of years of coevolution between our microbial partners and us.
Understanding this evolutionary relationship is important for health and disease management, from gut health to immune function.
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Conference reminder! Join us July 28-31, 2026 at the Kiel Evolution Center in Kiel, Germany for our 11th annual meeting.
Make sure your membership is current to get registration discounts. More details on registration coming soon at isemph.org
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Last chance — early-bird registration for ISEMPH 2026 closes in two days on May 1st! Register now: isemph.org
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The Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health journal welcomes submissions on infectious disease evolution, life history theory and health, evolutionary psychiatry, cancer evolution, and more.
Consider submitting your research to academic.oup.com/emph
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Thank you to our global ISEMPH community for your continued engagement and contributions!
We're looking forward to more collaboration, discovery, and meaningful conversations in the months ahead, including our annual meeting in Kiel this July.
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