Conference season begins... #PPA2024

And so it begins! The 24th European Paleopathology Association conference - in beautiful Leiden!

The amazing Carlina de la Cova urging us to pause and consider how our study collections were created #StructuralApathy

It is the first day of talks at #PPA in Leiden! Swing by to the Infections sections at 14:30 for my talk on #tobacco and #respiratoryhealth!

✨Volume Highlight Tackling issues of age assessment at death of human skeletal remains, & diseases associated with ageing, this #openaccess paper offers means by which risk factors for chronic disease can be evaluated Paleopathology Association School of Archaeology & Ancient History ▶️spkl.io/60164Cvde

Conference Cat Content EuroPPA 2024 Leiden

Our President-Elect, Albert's Zinc sharing his fascinating research into bone lesions and TB.

There have been so many excellent presentations today by people doing PhD and postdoc research! Paleopathology has a bright future!

Was super excited to present the latest research from the TobaccoHealthHistory Project at Paleopathology Association European Conference today on an 'Index of Oro-deantal Disease', a holistic approach to investigating oral health in the past 😁😁

Had a great time presenting some of the findings 🪱at the conference today. The best part? Now I can sit back, relax, and enjoy listening to all the other amazing presentations stress-free! EuroPPA 2024 Leiden

Day 2. We start with a talk on scurvy in Spitsbergen by the legendary George Maat!

It's so wonderful that Sharon DeWitte is here to tell us about her groundbreaking work on the plague pandemic. 😁

It was such a fascinating talk!!

The brilliant Jared Carballo-Pérez at EuroPPA 2024 Leiden

Super looking forward to the keynote by Rebecca Gowland this morning EuroPPA 2024 Leiden Paleopathology Association

The final morning and the final keynote from the always inspirational Rebecca Gowland!

You were all amazing #TheFutureIsBright

It's out!! Thank you to the team in Elsevier and the wonderful Julia Gresky for all their hard work making our first supplement happen!

Study: Among Viking societies, #Norway was much more violent than #Denmark phys.org/news/2024-08-v…

Catch up on our recent webinar where there is me talking about Bronze Age cremation burials