Society for Medical Anthropology

A section of the American Anthropological Association

Special Interest Groups: MASA

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academic resources

  • Medical Anthropology: The Future is Now, by Mark Nichter (PowerPoint presentation)
  • Africa Health Practica for Students in Health-related Fields
    In order to further our collaborative ties with the Penn School of Medicine and to promote the study of African health more generally, the African Studies Center offers African experiences of short duration to Penn students. These "practica" are available to both medical students and to graduate students in the social sciences whose work focuses on health-related issues. These experiences can take various forms. Medical students may opt for a rotation in an African hospital or medical research center, or for clinical work in a rural health center. Graduate students may choose to intern in a health-related NGO or design a short research project of their own on an African health-related issue using e.g. anthropological, demographic, or historical approaches. The Penn Africa Health Group will announce an annual competition for these experiences and will choose two students for funding based on the quality of their proposals. The AHG will use its broad network of contacts to find appropriate institutions and NGO's with which students may work or affiliate.
  • look for graduate programs in medical anthropology and allied social sciences
  • National Science Foundation Summer Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology (SIRD)
  • NSF Summer Field Training in Methods of Data Collection in Cultural Anthropology: Bolivia
  • Anthropological Theories: prepared by graduate students of the University of Alabama under the direction of Dr. Michael D. Murphy.
  • Anthropology Matters: the efforts of a group of postgraduates to facilitate the creation of an international anthropological network, includes journal and discussion forum, a directory of anthropologists, and teaching and learning resources.

coming soon:

  • application advice
  • field advice
  • student collaboration
  • resource-searches
  • student publications