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PALEOPATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION

FOUNDED IN 1974


Association Meetings


The PPA meets every year at an Annual Conference in North America. This meeting runs for two-days and includes professional Workshops showcasing new methods and approaches in paleopathology. We also hold Biennual Meetings in Europe and South American (PAMinSA), in addition to ad-hoc Webinars and Seminars.

52nd Annual North American PPA Meeting

March 10-12, 2025; Baltimore, MD - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! 

Late registration fees apply starting on February 25

Preliminary schedule

Baltimore, Maryland, is a dynamic and important seaport just north of Washington, D.C. The conference will be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront (700 Aliceanna Street), located on the city’s Inner Harbor, a walkable area and home to a wide array of restaurants, shops, and museums along a waterfront promenade. We are excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker for this year is Dr. Aja Lans, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lans is a bioarchaeologist who researches the embodiment of race, gender, class, and place from the perspective of a Black feminist, and will be providing her vision of what a decolonized paleopathology could look like. A Workshop on “Teaching the Bioarchaeology of Care in the Classroom”, led by Alyson Caine, Ihuixaya Tapia, Lorna Tilley, and Christopher Canzonieri will kick off the conference on Tuesday morning (registration required), and in addition to our usual array of fascinating papers and posters, we will continue discussion on a holistic environmental view of health with the Symposium “One Paleopathology: Expanding the Concept”, co-organized by Jane Buikstra, Elizabeth Uhl, and Gwen Robbins Schug.

Instructions for virtual and in-person poster and podium presenters

Baltimore can be reached by air from BWI airport just south of the city or via Amtrak into Baltimore’s Penn Station downtown. For more information on the hotel and city please visit the  AABA Annual Meeting hotel information page

Future Conference Venues:

Future North American meetings: 

Denver (March 16-18, 2026)

Future European Paleopathology Association Meetings:

Berlin, Germany (2026)

Evora, Portugal (2028)

Future PAMinSA Meetings: 

Santiago, Chile (postponed)

Past Meetings

The archive of past meetings and programs is available through the 'Members only' page

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