The first annual Conference on Anthropological Approaches to Health Research will be held at Yale University on Saturday April 6.
“Medical anthropology is the comparative study of medical systems, health beliefs and health practices,” says Yasmina Katsulis, a doctoral student in the Yale anthropology department and an organizer of this conference. She notes that the multifaceted nature of the subject encompasses “wide-ranging, overlapping interests among many students and faculty in anthropology, sociology, public health, medicine and nursing.”
Funded by the Whitney Humanities Center and co-sponsored by the global health division of the School of Public Health, the conference will enhance communication between students and faculty of disparate disciplines at Yale, and between Yale and other academic communities, according to Katsulis.
Conference speakers represent a variety of universities and organizations in New England and Canada. They will cover the most up-to-date research on such diverse topics as HIV/AIDS and human rights, drug use, the sex trade, immigration and domestic violence, youth and crime, suicide, ideologies of infant feeding, racial disparity, organ transplants and menopause.
The conference, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 119 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street.
Registration prior to the event is required. To register and for more information, contact Yasmina Katsulis at yasmina.katsulis@yale.edu, or Catherine Timura, catherine.timura@yale.edu.
