Alyson Young , Ph.D.
Title : Assistant Professor
Programs: Cultural and Medical Anthropology
Areas of Interest: East Africa; Tanzania.
Background
Alyson Young earned her Ph.D. From the University of Arizona in 2008. She is
a biocultural medical anthropologist interested in the anthropology of child
heath and development, social inequality, and the long-term health and
adaptability consequences of structural violence among African pastoral
populations. Her research relies on the mother-infant dyad as an integrative
framework for exploring resilience (in both a social and biological context)
and the interactions between harm reduction strategies, individual biology,
and human adaptability.
Research and Teaching Interests
Global health issues including structural violence, maternal and child
health and interaction, child survival, and health and human rights among
nomadic populations. Perceptions and response to risk and vulnerability
including food security and health acquisition behavior in shifting
political, economic, and social contexts. Application of anthropology to
public health and policy including examinations of emerging/re-emerging
infectious disease, ethnoveterinary medicine, and zoonotic disease transfer.
Office
433 Grinter Hall
Mailing Address
1112 Turlington Hall
Department of Anthropology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
Phone Number : 292-392-1896 x303
Email : agyoung@ufl.edu
Webpage : http://plaza.ufl.edu/agyoung
