Medical Anthropology is an interdisciplinary field that examines the multifaceted relationships between health, illness and culture. Researchers in this discipline engage in in‐depth qualitative ...

The Brandeis Anthropology Research Seminar (BARS) is a bi-weekly yearlong seminar that meets on Friday afternoons in Schwartz 103 (except where noted below). The series includes anthropology colloquia ...

Alberto Morales received his PhD in Anthropology (2019) from the University of California, Irvine and a BS in Biological Sciences also from the University of California, Irvine. Morales works at the ...

From global health to human adaptation and disease, our program covers a broad range of subjects to equip you for the diverse field of medical anthropology. You’ll work closely with our faculty—which ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Health and well-being are often studied at the individual patient level, and recent efforts have focused on the effect of the physical environment in health. However, most medical studies pay little ...