Medical Anthropology at the Intersections

耶鲁大学的Marcia Inhorn博士将召开一次关于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分支，它采用社会，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，文化规范和社会制度，以及微观和宏观政治和经济之间的相互关系如何在多个尺度上与个人，更大的社会形态和环境的健康相互作用。这个领域现在只有50岁。本次会议的首要议程是考虑医学人类学对基础科研的贡献，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位全体发言人主持，他们将突出最重要的研究领域的未来研究潜力。演讲者将从各种角度报告健康研究的社会科学，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。会议还将提供一个论坛，通过研究工作组会议传播新的发现和发展国际合作。 一个特殊的学生海报会议将提供一个机会，为高级医学人类学家提供建设性的反馈给下一代的科学家。 本次会议之所以重要，是因为过去半个世纪的研究表明，在整个地球仪，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。本次会议将汇集该领域最优秀的研究人员，在急需的时候推动该领域的发展。

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.