History
Our History ...
Our History ...
Founded in 2011, the International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society provides a forum to explore issues of concern in the fields of human health and wellness, and in particular their social interconnections and implications.
The International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society is built upon four key features: internationalism, interdisciplinarity, inclusiveness, and interaction. Conference delegates include leaders in the field as well as emerging scholars, who travel to the conference from all continents and represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives. A variety of presentation options and session types offer delegates multiple opportunities to engage, to discuss key issues in the field, and to build relationships with scholars from other cultures and disciplines.
The Health, Wellness & Society Research Network enables members to publish through two media. First, network members can enter a world of journal publication unlike the traditional academic publishing forums—a result of the responsive, non-hierarchical, and constructive nature of the peer review process. The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society provides a framework for double-blind peer review, enabling authors to publish into an academic journal of the highest standard. The second publication medium is through the Health, Wellness & Society Book Imprint, publishing cutting edge books in print and electronic formats. Publication proposal and manuscript submissions are welcome.
The Health, Wellness & Society Research Network offers several opportunities for ongoing communication among its members. Any member may upload video presentations based on scholarly work to the network YouTube channel. Quarterly email newsletters contain updates on conference and publishing activities as well as broader news of interest. Join the conversations on Facebook and Twitter, or explore our new social media platform, Scholar.
The International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society has a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices from the field, including:
Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
(2011)
Clinical Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
(2011)
Senior Vice President, Safety Net & Community Health, Trinity Health, USA
(2012)
Associate Head, Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
(2012)
Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA
(2013)
Professor, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
(2014)
Chief Scientist, UN Global Pulse, New York, USA
(2015)
National Director, Economic and Social Advisory, Urbis, Australia
(2016)
University of Oxford, UK
(2019)