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The goal of this page is to share knowledge about new and ongoing projects, journals and institutions active in the area of paleopathology and related sciences worldwide. All links are correct and active at the time of publication, but please let us know of any 'broken' links. Every effort is made to list only reliable websites. The Paleopathology Association is not responsible for the content of external websites.

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Societies

American Anthropological Association: http://www.aaanet.org/

American Association of Biological Anthropologists: http://www.physanth.org
Asociación Española de Paleopatología: https://asociacionpaleopatologia.es/#

The British Association for Forensic Odontology (BAFO): http://www.bafo.org.uk/

British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology (BABAO): http://www.babao.org.uk/

British Association for Human Identification (BAHID): http://www.bahid.org/

Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology: http://capa.fenali.net/

Dental Anthropology Association: http://anthropology.osu.edu/DAA/index.html

European Anthropological Association: http://eaa.elte.hu/

EVAN-SOCIETY (European Virtual Anthropology Network - Society): http://www.evan-society.org/

Forensic Anthropology Society Europe (FASE): http://www.labanof.unimi.it/FASE.html

The Human Biology Association: http://www.humbio.org/

Animal Palaeopathology Working Group: http://www.apwg.supanet.com/

International Association for Paleodontology: http://www.paleodontology.com/

International Association of Forensic Radiographers: http://afr.org.uk/

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/about.html

The International Society of Radiology (ISR): http://www.isradiology.org/isr/index.php

Paleoanthropology Society, USA: http://www.paleoanthro.org/

PAMinSA - The site of the PPA Meetings in South America: http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/paminsa/

The Royal Anthropological Institute, UK: http://www.therai.org.uk/

Society for American Archeology: http://www.saa.org

Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA): http://www.sha.org

Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA), a Section of the American Anthropological Association: http://www.medanthro.net/

Society of Skeletal Radiology, USA

Journals

American Journal of Biological Anthropology: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-AJPA.html

American Medical Association (AMA) Publications: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/medical-journals.page?

Annals of Human Biology: http://informahealthcare.com/loi/ahb

Antiquity: http://antiquity.ac.uk

Anthropological Science: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ase

Antropo: http://www.didac.ehu.es/antropo/

Antropologia Portuguesa: http://www.uc.pt/en/cia/publica/index

Asociación Española de Paleopatología journal: https://asociacionpaleopatologia.es/revista-paleopatologia/
Bulletin of the History of Medicine: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine/

Current Anthropology: http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/curranth/about.html

Current Archaeology: http://www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/

Dental Anthropology Journal: http://anthropology.osu.edu/DAA/dentalanthropologyjournal.htm

Human Biology (The International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics): http://wsupress.wayne.edu/journals/detail/human-biology

International Journal of Dental Anthropology (IJDA): http://edito7.wix.com/ijda#!

International Journal of Historical Archaeology: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+&+archaeology/journal/10761

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (IJO): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-1212

International Journal of Paleopathology (IJPA): http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/723943/description

Internet Archaeology: http://intarch.ac.uk/

Journal of Archaeological Science: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622854/description#description

Journal of Paleopathology: http://www.museo.unich.it/index.php?it/107/journal-of-paleopathology

The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute: http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1359-0987

The Lancet: http://www.thelancet.com/

Medical History: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=MDH

Northeast Anthropology: http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/

Paleopatología: http://www.ucm.es/info/aep/revista/contenidos.htm

PLoS ONE: http://www.plosone.org/home.action

Yearbook of Mummy Studies: http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/03arch/eyms.php

Software

Computer-Assisted Paleoanthropology (CAP): http://www.aim.uzh.ch/morpho/wiki/Main/Front

CRANID - assess a skull's probable biological ancestry: https://osteoware.si.edu/forum/osteoware-communityannouncements/cranid-richard-wright-0

EVAN ARCHIVE: http://www.evan-society.org/node/45

EVAN Toolbox (ET): http://www.evan-society.org/node/23

FORDISC Personal Computer Forensic Discriminant Functions: http://web.utk.edu/~fac/fordisc.html

Osteoware - Standardized Skeletal Documentation Software: https://osteoware.si.edu/

PAST - PAlaeontological STatistics: http://palaeo-electronica.org/2001_1/past/issue1_01.htm

The Populus Software- Simulations of Population Biology: http://www.cbs.umn.edu/populus

Bioarchaeology

Anthropos - Web Network: http://www.antrocom.it/index.html

Atlas of Tooth Development and Eruption: http://www.atlas.dentistry.qmul.ac.uk/

Basic Anatomy: http://www.northhertsradiologygroup.co.uk/anatomy.html

BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body & Mind: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/

The BioDigital Human: https://www.biodigitalhuman.com/home/

The Bone Box: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/learnem/bones/main_bone.htm

Bone Physiology: http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/physiology.html

Dental Microwear: http://comp.uark.edu/~pungar/

The eSkeletons Project: http://www.eskeletons.org/index.html

Flemish Growth Charts 2004: http://www.vub.ac.be/groeicurven/english.html

Folding Osteometric Board (design ©A. Chamberlain & C. Cox, University of Sheffield): http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/osteometric-board.html

Forensic Medicine for Forensic Students: http://www.forensicmed.co.uk/

Le Genou / The Knee: http://www.genou.com/

Gray's Anatomy on-line: http://www.bartleby.com/107/

Historical Anatomies on the Web: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html
The Human Body: Skin Biology and Structure https://thedermreview.com/the-human-body-skin-biology-and-structure/

Inner Body: Your Guide to Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

LUMEN Dissector: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/index.html

Master Muscle List: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/mml/

Précis d'Anthropologie Descriptive et Métrique du Squelette: http://tinyurl.com/alkbb8q

QTVR Library of Anatomical Objects: http://www.anatomy.wright.edu/QTVR/

Structure of the Human Body - Loyola University: http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/

The Tollund Man: http://www.tollundman.dk/default.asp

Upper & Lower Extremity Muscle Atlas: http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas/

The Visible Human Project®: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

Museums

Le Cere Anatomiche di Clemente Susini dell' Universita di Cagliari - Clemente's Susini's Wax Anatomical Models at the University of Cagliari: http://medicina.unica.it/cere/index.html

Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow UK: http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/

Hunterian Museum, London: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian

London's Museums of Health & Medicine: http://www.medicalmuseums.org/

Musée Fragonard (d’Alfort), Paris: http://musee.vet-alfort.fr/

Mütter Museum, USA: http://www.collegeofphysicians.org/mutter-museum/

National Museum of Health and Medicine, USA: http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/

The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret, London: http://www.thegarret.org.uk/

Sanctuary of Asklepios at Ancient Epidaurus, Greece: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2374

Thackray Museum, UK: http://www.thackraymuseum.org/

Wellcome Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, UK: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/wellcome

On-line Libraries & Databases

Adimanav - Forum for Biocultural Studies on Ancient Indian Human Populations: www.adimanav.org

BIU Santé - Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire Santé: http://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/debut.htm

Entrez, the Life Sciences Search Engine: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi?itool=toolbar

FreeBooks4Doctors: http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/

Free Medical Journals: http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/

Greek digital libraries search engine: http://openarchives.gr/

Historical Anatomies on the Web: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html

History of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html

The Jeghers Medical Index: http://www.jeghers.com/
Manchester Mummy Project: http://manchestermummy.org

Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/, http://medlineplus.gov/

Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/home

NHS Health A-Z - Conditions and treatments: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Pages/hub.aspx

The Open Directory Project: http://www.dmoz.org/about.html

PMC - PubMed Central®: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

Scirus: http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/aboutus/

Skeletal Collections Database: http://skeletal.highfantastical.com/

Smithsonian Institution Contributions and Studies Series: http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/

Southeast Asian Archaeology Scholarly Website: http://seasia.museum.upenn.edu/

SurgiCat: http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/(khahgc45ftnu2j45gxreoj45)/Default.aspx

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publications: http://www.icmje.org/

United States National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

United States Network of Medical Libraries: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/network.html

Unpublished Fieldwork Reports (Grey Literature Library): http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/greylit/

Wellcome Collection: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/

XRAY2000: http://www.e-radiography.net/index.htm

Research Labs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA: http://www.cdc.gov/

Center for Human Simulation; University of Colorado: http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/centers/HumanSimulation/Pages/Home.aspx

Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde (CIAS), Portugal: http://www.uc.pt/en/cia

EURAC - Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, Italy: http://www.eurac.edu/org/geneticMedicine/iceman/index.htm

Forensic Anthropology Center; The University of Tennessee: http://web.utk.edu/~fac/

The Human Tissue Authority, UK: http://www.hta.gov.uk/

Instituto de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia López Piñero, Spain: http://www.ihmc.uv-csic.es/

l’Institut Universitaire d’Histoire de la Médecine et de la Santé Publique (IUHMSP) à Lausanne: http://www.chuv.ch/iuhmsp/ihm_home/ihm_accueil.htm

The International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM): http://www.ialm.info/

Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Anatomique et de Paléopathologie, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon1: http://anthropologie-et-paleopathologie.univ-lyon1.fr/Index.htm

Laboratoire d'Archéologie Préhistorique et Anthropologie, Université de Genève: http://www.unige.ch/forel/lap/index.html

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology: http://www.eva.mpg.de/

Museo di Anatomia Patologica e Teratologia Veterinaria, Bologna, Italy: http://www.sma.unibo.it/patologiaveterinaria/index.html

National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/index.html

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Biological Sciences (BIO), USA: http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=BIO

L'Unité d'anthropologie du Département de génétique et évolution, Université de Genève: http://ua.unige.ch/fr/

The Wellcome Trust, UK: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/

World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/

Pathology

CTisus Teaching Files and Learning Modules: http://www.ctisus.org/teachingfiles, http://www.ctisus.org/learning

Digitised Diseases: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/content2011_2013/digitdiseases.aspx

EnviroDx: http://library.med.utah.edu/envirodx/

Foot Education: http://www.footeducation.com/

Greek Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/index.html

The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html

Interactive / Virtual Autopsy: http://australianmuseum.net.au/interactive/interactive-autopsy, http://www.le.ac.uk/pa/teach/va/howto.html

Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM) Workshop, University of Coimbra, Portugal: http://www.uc.pt/en/cia/msm/msm_after

Musculoskeletal Teaching File: http://www.med.wayne.edu/diagRadiology/TF/MS/MusculoskeletalTF.html

Palaeopathology Database: http://www.paleopatologia.com/en/home.html

Paleopathology: The Study of Human Suffering: http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue14/selected_studies2.html

Paleopathology - Injuries & Abnormalities: http://www.uwyo.edu/reallearning/injuries/boneindex.html

Paleopathology Group (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/groups/208521802515969/

Paleopatologia.it: http://www.paleopatologia.it/

Pathographie: http://pathographie.blogspot.com/

Pathology Teaching Slides: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/paf/slides/

Skeletal Trauma Radiology: http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/ext/

A Tumour Atlas: http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/tumpath/

Understanding Genetic Disorders: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/

Teeth and the Digestive System

The Urbana Atlas of Pathology: https://www-s.med.uiuc.edu/m2/pathology/PathAtlasf/titlepage.html

Virtual Microscopy / Virtual Slide Database Portals: http://www.path.uiowa.edu/virtualslidebox/

Wayne State University Radiology Teaching File: http://www.med.wayne.edu/diagRadiology/TeachingFile.html

Publication & Copyright

Academia.edu: http://www.academia.edu/

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): http://publicationethics.org/

OpenDepot: http://opendepot.org/

Publishing Archaeology: http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/

Selected Works: http://works.bepress.com/

SHERPA / RoMEO: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: http://www.icmje.org/urm_main.html

Job Market and Funding

AAA Careers in Anthropology: http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/index.cfm

AAPA Careers in Physical Anthropology: http://www.physanth.org/careers/AAPAcareer.htm

Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx

Australian Government - National Health and Medical Research Council: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/funding/index.htm

The British Academy - Research Funding: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/index.html

British Archaeological Jobs Resource: http://www.bajr.org/

Entente Cordiale Scholarships: http://en.entente-cordiale.org/

EU Funding Programmes: http://www.eugrants.org/

Marie Curie Funding Opportunities: http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/

Medical Research Council (MRC): http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ApplyingforaGrant/index.htm

National Institutes of Health, US: http://www.jobs.nih.gov/

National Science Foundation Funding: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

Natural Environmental Research Council: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/

PhD Jobs: http://www.phdjobs.com/

Research Councils UK (RCUK): http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

The Socrates - Erasmus Programme UK: http://www.erasmus.ac.uk/

Science Careers: http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding?CFID=2893763&CFTOKEN=86566683

Student Awards Agency for Scotland: http://www.saas.gov.uk/

Student Finance Wales: http://www.studentfinancewales.co.uk/portal/page?_pageid=616,6200692&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Student Finance Northern Ireland: http://www.studentfinanceni.co.uk/portal/page?_pageid=54,1265897&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

The Wellcome Trust: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/index.htm

The Wenner-Gren Foundation: http://www.wennergren.org/

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