Shaanxi Normal University Social History of Medicine Research Center is to build a social history of medicine research platform, to further promote the social history of medicine research and established in November 2014, the first in western social history of medicine as the research object of the professional scientific research institutions.
Center uphold the principle of "focus on the development of the society, history of medicine research, adhere to truth-seeking and pragmatic, to promote the development of public health undertaking in our country" the purpose, according to the needs of social development. In respect of based on the rules of academic development, the use of multi-disciplinary research methods, and actively carry out research on the social history of medicine. Multi-party absorb domestic related fields of the outstanding historians, undertake research projects at all levels, set up research fund, to encourage and support the research work; pay attention to strengthen the cooperation with medical colleagues, to promote a dialogue between the humanities and medical, promote the exchange of different disciplines. In addition, center relying on the school and the school of history and culture, training social history of medicine related to the direction of the postgraduate students and undergraduate students, accept post doctoral, carry out cooperative research; to the founder of academic journals, establishing network platform, regularly organize lectures and seminars, actively carry out academic popularization and popularization work.