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Professor Sahra Gibbon

Academic position:ÌýProfessor

Department:ÌýAnthropology

Telephone number:Ìý02076794809

Email:Ìýs.gibbon@ucl.ac.uk

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Website:ÌýProfessor Sahra GibbonÌý

Biography

IÌýam a medical anthropologist whose work examines the interface between science, society and biomedicine, withÌýover 10Ìýyears experienceÌýof leading cross disciplinary research projects and developing collaborations with colleagues in Brazil and other regions in Latin America.ÌýI have ongoingÌýresearchÌýinterestsÌýin questions of embodiment, gender and health inequalities, including how this is currently being shaped by developments surrounding the Anthropocene. I convene the UK’s firstÌýever MScÌýinÌýBiosocial Medical AnthropologyÌýand am deeply committed to cross-disciplinary dialogue, exchange andÌýengagementÌýin, and beyond the university, concerning health, environmentsÌýand biosocial approaches.

Research Projects

Co-editor of two series on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍøÌýÌýrelated to Covid-19. Including ‘Consciously Quarantined’ and ‘Co-existing with Covid-19’

Gamlin, J, Gibbon, S., Sesia, P and Berrio, L. (2020)ÌýCritical Medical Anthropology. Perspectives in and from Latin America. London Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Press.

Teaching

ANTH0100 Health, Environment and Biosocial AnthropologyÌý(PG level 7)- currently being offered 20-21

ANTH066 Anthropologies of Science, Society and BiomedicineÌý(PG level 7 and UG level 6- currently being offered 20-21