Profiles in "Global Health and Medical Anthropology" Expertise Area
- Martin's research interests focus on medical anthropology, the interrelations of power and economics with biology and Type II Diabetes.
- Merbs' interests lie in physical anthropology: Human Osteology, Disease Ecology and Forensic Anthropology.
- Dr. Hruschka studies culture change and the relationship between culture and behavior. His two main research questions focus on how we stay healthy in diverse social environments and how humans cooperate.
- Maupin directs the Community Health and Medical Anthropology Field School in Guatemala through the School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
- Hinde investigates the food, medicine, and signal of mother's milk and impact on babies at the intersection of social, life, and medical sciences.
- Dr. Michelle Villegas-Gold is the Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives with ASU Health.
- Koss studies sociocultural anthropology: medicine and spirituality, and ethnographic research.
- Hurtado's current research includes mortality reduction mechanisms in humans with emphasis on cultural niche construction.