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I am a Ph.D. student in medical
anthropology here at the University of Connecticut. My main interests are
in reproduction, social networks, and indigenous medical knowledge.
My experiences include working with how men react emotionally to a partner's
abortion, the social network size of HIV positive people and the willingness
of men to participate in a HIV vaccine trial. I have also presented a poster
on American's judgements of national character. For dissertation research I
am planning on testing different theories of the demographic transition as to their
ability to accurately predict the observed fertility of the population. The
planned research will take place in the town of Otavalo, Ecuador.
This picture was taken on the Pastaza River about an hour south of Banos, Ecuador. |
