A5066832894- Gut microbiota and health
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Global Security and Public Health
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Stevens Institute of Technology
2020-2024
New York University
2016
Washington University in St. Louis
2014
New School
2011-2012
Humans are inextricably linked to each other and our natural world, microorganisms lie at the nexus of those interactions. Microorganisms form genetically flexible, taxonomically diverse, biochemically rich communities, i.e., microbiomes that integral health development macroorganisms, societies, ecosystems.
We describe the need to further integrate fields of human microbial ecology and anthropology outline some potential goals benefits this collaborative work.
Microbiome science asserts humans are made up of more microbial cells and genes than human ones, that each person harbors their own unique population. Human microbiome studies gesture toward the post-racial aspirations personalized medicine—characterizing states health illness microbially. By viewing as “supraorganisms” millions partners, some seems to disrupt binding historical categories often grounded in racist biology, allowing interspeciality supersede race. But inevitably, unexamined...
Abstract The human microbiome is an important emergent area of cross, multi and transdisciplinary study. complexity this topic leads to conflicting narratives regulatory challenges. It raises questions about the benefits its commercialisation drives debates alternative models for engaging with publics, patients other potential beneficiaries. social sciences humanities have begun explore as object empirical study opportunity theoretical innovation. They can play role in facilitating...
In this article, we argue that a careful examination of human microbiome science's relationship with race and racism is necessary to foster equitable social ecological relations in the field. We point origins evolution problematic use literature by demonstrating increased usage both explicitly implicitly beyond sciences. demonstrate how these uses limit future rigorous just research. conclude an outline alternative actionable ways build more effective, antiracist science.
Microbiome science considers human beings supraorganisms: single ecological units made up of symbiotic assemblages cells and microorganisms. Microbes co-evolve with humans, microbial populations in bodies are determined by environments/exposures including family, food place, health care, race gender inequities, toxic pollution. Microbiomes transgenerational links, disarrangements between different the outside world. This article asserts that microbes kin-kin making environments, across...
Since 2020 wastewater-based surveillance has quickly been established as an effective and cost-efficient tool for monitoring public health. In this Making Waves article, we argue that these programs must be grounded in principles of justice to achieve global water health equity. Ethics initiatives date have focused primarily on privacy, legality, institutionalised research reviews, often, if not exclusively, North America Western Europe. We draw from our interdisciplinary, multisectoral,...