Expertise

My research examines the relationship between culture and health.

My research has focused on how culture shapes individual behavior, and how that in turn is associated with individuals' risk of poor health.

Research Interests

  • Biocultural medical anthropology
  • Culture and disease risk
  • Culture and the individual
  • Cultural consonance
Communities
Anthropology
Degrees
PhD, University of Connecticut, Anthropology, 1978
AB, Grinnell College, Anthropology, 1973
Keywords
latin america anthropology epidemiology
Languages
Portuguese
Honors

Faculty Fellow (Research), College of Arts & Sciences Leadership Board (University of Alabama), 2005-2008

Associations
American Anthropological Association