Medical Anthropology at the Intersections

耶鲁大学的马西娅·因霍恩博士将召开一次医学人类学的国际跨学科会议。医学人类学是人类学的一个子领域，运用社会、文化、生物和语言人类学的方法和理论。医学人类学家研究人类与其他物种、文化规范和社会机构之间的相互关系，以及多个尺度上的微观和宏观政治和经济如何与个人、更大的社会形态和环境的健康相互作用。这块土地现在只有50年的历史了。这次会议的主要议程是考虑医学人类学对基础科学研究的贡献，并为未来创造新的研究议程和合作。为期四天的会议将由13位全体演讲者主持，他们将强调未来在最重要的研究领域进行研究的潜力。发言者将从不同的角度报告卫生研究的社会科学，包括不平等、科学和技术、基因组学、生物伦理学和公共政策科学。会议还将通过研究工作组会议为传播新发现和发展国际合作提供一个论坛。一个特别的学生海报会议将为资深医学人类学家提供一个机会，向下一代科学家提供建设性的反馈。这次会议之所以重要，是因为过去半个世纪的研究表明，在全球范围内，社会和文化机构，而不仅仅是医疗实践，对人类和社区健康具有重大影响。这次会议将汇聚该领域最优秀的研究人员，在迫切需要的时候推动该领域向前发展。

Dr. Marcia Inhorn, Yale University, will convene an international and interdisciplinary conference on medical anthropology. Medical anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that employs social, cultural, biological, and linguistic anthropological methods and theory. Medical anthropologists study how interrelationships between humans and other species, cultural norms and social institutions, and micro and macro politics and economics at multiple scales interact with the health of individuals, larger social formations, and the environment. The field is now just fifty years old. The overarching agenda of this conference is to consider what medical anthropology has contributed to basic scientific research and to create new research agendas and collaborations for the future. The four day conference will be anchored by thirteen plenary speakers who will highlight the potential for future research in the most significant research areas. The speakers will report on the social science of health research from a variety of perspetives, including inequality, science and technology, genomics, bioethics, and the science of public policy. The conference also will provide a forum for the dissemination of new findings and the development of international collaborations through research working group sessions. A special student poster session will provide an opportunity for senior medical anthropologists to offer constructive feedback to the next generation of scientists. This conference is important because the last half-century of research has shown that across the globe, social and cultural institutions, not just medical practice, have significant influence in human and community health. This conference will bring together the very best researchers in this area to move the field forward at a time of critical need.