Reading time: 2 minutes Lynn Morison and Daniel Brown, both professors of anthropology, with three students demonstrating blood pressure testing Medical anthropology, a subfield of anthropology, ...

Medical anthropologists use medical knowledge, coupled with the cultural and biological aspects of anthropology, to understand how social and cultural factors affect human health, the spread of ...

Are you planning a career in the health sciences or allied health sciences but want to develop your knowledge and skills in medical anthropology? You could earn a master’s degree in medical ...

The combined BA and MA in Anthropology with a medical anthropology concentration at the University at Buffalo is a five-year program designed for students who want to move efficiently from ...

Medical anthropology explores how people understand health, experience illness and navigate systems of care. Research examines how culture, community and environment shape well-being across societies, ...

For Barnard junior Emma Senner, it all began last fall when she stumbled across a poster in the Diana Center. Soon after, her phone buzzed with a text from her mom. “Did you know about this?” it read, ...

Medical anthropology investigates how cultural beliefs, social structures and power relations shape the experience, delivery and outcomes of health interventions worldwide. Drawing on ethnographic ...

Women now make up over half of medical students in Canada, but only one-third of practicing surgeons. A new study suggests part of the gap stems from gender norms embedded in workplace culture. The ...

The course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, approaches, methods, and goals of medical anthropology. In doing so we will undertake an examination of the interplay between biology and ...