Your family can make your blood boil – literally! Grad Student Kia Fuller and UF Faculty publish article using a biocultural framework to investigate blood pressure variation in African Americans
African Americans have significantly higher rates of hypertension than other racial groups and suffer from more serious negative outcomes associated with the disease. We investigate the sociocultural and biological factors that influence hypertension in African Americans, a group that is underrepresented in research, in Tallahassee, FL. Novel integration of both genetic and social network data […]
2018 Department of Anthropology Research Award Winners Announced
Amaya-Burns Award Macarena Moraga Doughty Research Award Amanda Brock Aja Cacan Oswaldo Medina-Ramirez Riley Ravary Nolan Ruark Sarah Staub Fairbanks Award Jorge Garcia Nathan Lawres Ginessa Mahar Goggin Award Daniel Barroca Randee Fladeboe Taylor Polvadore Maples Award Janet Finlayson Waggoner Grants-in-Aid Aaron Ellrich Jamie Fuller Simon Goldstone Brittany Mistretta Mohammed […]
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Article Co-Authored by Dr. Richard Stepp Featured in News
An article Dr. Stepp co-authored with a team out of Duke Univ. (“Are the Ghosts of Nature’s Past Haunting Ecology Today?”) was published in Current Biology on Monday and has been getting a lot of media coverage. See links below to view some of the published features: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article210643034.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/large-predators-human-habitat-conservation-animals-spd/
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Dr. Stepp’s work featured in article
Dr. Richard Stepp interviewed about his work in Mexico/Central America for article in Seeker. https://www.seeker.com/culture/can-we-stop-a-mass-extinction-of-human-languages
Dr. Connie Mulligan Quoted in Guardian Article
Genetic analysis of a baby girl who died at the end of the last ice age shows she belonged to a previously unknown ancient group of Native Americans. To read more, click here.
Pound Lab working with Florida Museum to Study Shark Bites
https://ufliberalartsandsciences.exposure.co/bones-got-bite-pt-1 https://ufliberalartsandsciences.exposure.co/bones-got-bite-pt-3
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Graduate Student Research Featured in Scientific American
Randee Fladeboe is featured in Scientific American for her PhD research on macaws. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prehistoric-americans-may-have-farmed-macaws-in-feather-factories/?wt.mc=SA_Facebook-Share
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Dr. Murray Interviewed for Humanosphere
The interview discussed Haiti, humanitarian aid, and development. Please see the link below to read the full article. A conversation about Haiti and a new era of aid and development
Dr. Mulligan’s Research Featured by NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/21/506153131/knowing-someone-who-faced-discrimination-may-affect-blood-pressure