Congrats to the UNC Chapel Hill Human Biology Lab on a strong showing at the Annual Meetings of the Human Biology Association and American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Austin, Texas! Nine students and multiple faculty members presented posters and …
Congratulations to Achsah on her new article in the American Journal of Human Biology, Iron and Infection: An investigation of the optimal iron hypothesis in Lima, Peru. Achsah is currently in Lima completing her dissertation fieldwork. You can find her …
During the next 10-12 months, Achsah will be collecting data in Peruvian clinics and households in order to explore the biological and cultural connections between iron deficiency and infection, the gut microbiome, and home environment in children living in a …
Good luck to Achsah during her field work in Peru! Read More »
Last week the UNC Human Biology Lab presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association in New Orleans. See below for a complete list of our presentations. Podium Sessions: Effects of early life fecal …
UNC Human Biology Lab Presents at the HBAs in New Orleans! Read More »
Hannah defended her dissertation proposal, “The Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Stress on the Galápagos Islands,” last week. Congrats on being ABD!
Congrats to Achsah for defending her proposal, “Iron, Infection, and Malnutrition in Lima, Peru.” We can’t wait to hear updates from your field work in Peru next year! Congrats on being ABD!
Next week, four of our grad students will be presenting at the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) conference at UNC. Keep a lookout for our panel, entitled, “Anthropological Investigations of the Relationship between Socioeconomic Conditions and Health.” Details are below. …
Katie’s work with Amanda Thompson and Margaret Bentley, “The influence of maternal psychosocial characteristics on infant feeding styles,” was just published in Appetite! Congrats to Katie on publishing her first paper. Read the full paper here.
Katie successfully defended her proposal, entitled, “Infant-Caregiver Feeding Interactions: Shaping Diet, Growth and Metabolism.” Next year she will be working on her research with low-income families in Central North Carolina. Congrats, Katie!
