The Human Biology Association 2022 Annual Meetings are starting now! I will be live tweeting over on the Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol - make sure to follow for updates for both virtual and in-person sessions!

Poster sessions are happening now in Plaza Court 2 in Denver & online! Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol #hba2022 #hbameetings2022 #hbadenver2022

Friends: we are collecting donations for our friend Dafta who is in Ukraine conducting humanitarian efforts. Please please help us help her! You can send donations via venmo to Dana-vanderburgh - be sure to say it's "for Dafna". All funds will be sent to Dafna. #StopWarInUkraine

👏👏 being in the field and distanced from academia has provided me the same recognition, & the unhealthy aspects of the system are much more obvious from afar

My wonderful colleagues and I have new papers emerging! This one focuses on the qualitative data we collected right before COVID hit & shows why older adults in rural spaces have unique challenges associated with food security. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper out! We find evidence that socioeconomic factors contribute to biological adaptations & variation in child growth and development in the Andes. Population-based/regional assessments & interventions are necessary to alleviate disparities. academic.oup.com/emph/advance-a…

Another new paper published with my amazing interdisciplinary team in PLOS ONE. We show how rural older adults in Indiana became MORE food insecure, lonelier, and reported poorer mental & physical health during the pandemic & discuss why. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

@SAFN has 5 awards for anthropology of food/nutrition students. Deadlines: March 30 or June 15. We support scholars of color, original research, public engagement, food justice, food sovereignty, etc. Full details: foodanthro.com/2023/01/17/saf…

Science fam: I'm looking for funding to support public outreach/science communication of my data (locally in Costa Rica). If you know of any small grants, please share. Thank you in advance! (feel free to privately message/email me if you'd prefer).

Our new open-access article centralizes low farm wages for specialty crop growers in the U.S., critiques U.S. ag. policies, and discusses alternatives. nature.com/articles/s4426…

Please join SAFN for our two-part 50 Year Roundtable Celebration, From Nutrition to Culture: 50 Years of the Anthropology of Food, at the AAA meetings on Saturday 11/23 from 8:30am to 11:45am!

Join us for Transforming Food Systems: Praxis for Sustainable Agriculture and Social Justice on Thursday morning at the AAA meeting. This panel considers uses field-based research to apply theory in ways that foreground positive social change + food equity. Hope to see you there!

LIVE: America has a diabetes and obesity crisis. And it’s not happening by accident. Junk foods are designed to be addictive, like cigarettes and alcohol. The FDA must act. Corporations cannot put their profits ahead of the health of our children. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Knowledge / Ignorance and Caring About the Food We Eat and Study - Anthropology News anthropology-news.org/articles/knowl…

New pub at JAFSCD! Urban agriculture education for teens: A multidimensional study of positive psychosocial and metacognitive outcomes doi.org/10.5304/jafscd… foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/…

New pub in Environmental Pollution presenting novel chemical exposure data using silicone wristbands in rural Costa Rica! Proximity to monocultures, particularly multinational pineapple plantations, was the biggest indicator of exposure! read for free: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

New pub out with Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol on a cool noninvasive method for measuring exposure to organic chemicals!! One of my favorite articles because I get talk methods and merging disciplines for better science!! 🤓 doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.7…