Primary Contact Linda L. Barnes Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Department Lead Linda L. Barnes Email: lbarnes@bu.edu Area of Expertise: History and anthropology of therapeutic pluralism in the United States, with a focus on Chinese medicine and healing traditions in the U.S., and the interdisciplinary study of medical anthropology and...Read More Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Lance D. Laird Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Lance D. Laird Email: llaird@bu.edu Area of Expertise: Multiple intersections of Muslim identity with healing professions and public health in the US. Dr. Laird is currently an organizer with the Greater Boston Muslim Health Initiative, studying networks ...Read More Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Justeen Hyde Affiliated Title:Course Educator Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Justeen Hyde Email: Justeen.Hyde@va.gov Area of Expertise: Participatory research and evaluation approaches in health services research; understanding experiences of care among vulnerable populations; social determinants of health; qualitative research method...Read More Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Bayla Ostrach Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, BU School of Medicine Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Bayla Ostrach Email: ostrachb@bu.edu Area of Expertise: Reproductive justice, publicly funded health systems, the role of social and mutual support in people’s ability to overcome obstacles, and Syndemics (available for online directed studies). Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Pietra Check Affiliated Title:Course Educator Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Pietra Check Area of Expertise: Research and practice interests include research translation; health equity and social determinants of health; public health policy; mixed methods research and evaluation; working with low-literacy, S...Read More Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Merav Shohet Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Merav Shohet Email: shohetm@bu.edu Area of Expertise: Psychological, medical, and linguistic anthropology, focused on the subjective, emotional lives of specific persons to illuminate how discursive practices – and the socio-historical and political-econ...Read More Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Lois McCloskey Affiliated Title:Associate Chair and Education Director, Maternal Child Health Program, Boston University School of Public Health Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Lois McCloskey Email: loism@bu.edu Area of Expertise: Health care of women and their infants, particularly in communities that are under-served. In both international and domestic settings, her work focuses on the disconnects between the lives of women a...Read More Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Anthony Petro Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and in the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program Organization:Boston University School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Affiliated Contact Anthony Petro Email: apetro@bu.edu Area of Expertise: Religion and culture in the United States; religion, medicine, and public health; and gender and sexuality studies Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff