SNRC Mission Statement
The Social Networks Research Collaborative (SNRC), housed in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida, serves as a regional and national hub for advancing social network science. The SNRC brings together sociologists, medical anthropologists, clinicians, educators, implementation scientists, and cross-institutional partners to drive innovative, translational research.
Social networks are consistently associated with improved health, treatment adherence, and educational persistence. However, the mechanisms through which networks produce these outcomes remain insufficiently specified, and networks remain underutilized as targets for intervention. The SNRC advances research on how network structure and composition shape behavior, cultural models, resource access, and biological processes.
By positioning social networks as measurable and modifiable features of social environments, the SNRC develops theory-driven, network-informed interventions designed to improve outcomes across clinical, educational, and community settings.
