Emergency Physician, Educator, Researcher, interested in the microbiome, evolution, and medicine
The Seminar on Evolutionary Medicine has scheduled a special guest lecturer for tuesday April 13th. Chris Kuzawa is a biological anthropologist at Northwestern University whose interests lie in developmental biology, evolutionary theory, and health. Dr. Kuzawa has promised to share his knowledge of the developmental origins of health and disease. […]
In preparation for Chris Kuzawa’s visit, we will read some of his work that relates the the developmental origins of health and disease (Dohad). kuzawa-chapter-for-evolutionary-anthropology Diabetes and Development
If you are itching for more reading on autism, Richard has contributed the following links: The paper (first 8 pages especially) I tell everyone to start with for understanding autism is: “Identification and Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” and this perspective piece: Click to access nn1770.pdf Mabel recommends: […]
Here is the NY Times link on Bernard Crespi’s work Here is the NY Times piece on depression Both of these are easily accessible descriptions of evolutionary ideas about these depression and autism. Here are some more scholarly articles. This piece is a bit more digestible than last week’s reading: […]
What are the evolutionary bases for mental illness? Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression appear to impose severe fitness penalties. What is going on here? Mismatch, hidden infection, balancing selection? Read the following articles to form your own ideas (the first two will be emphasized in class) Psychosis and infectious […]
On tuesday, we will pick up where we left off, with a discussion of medicine taking behavior in primates. Thursday’s topic will be mental health. Remember, we will begin at 3:45pm! Readings: Leaf Swallowing Jungle Medicine caterpillar defense Bioactivites in Diet of Chimpanzees Feel free to bring additional references, if […]
Important Background Reading:Nesse-Stearns-2008 and“Why” questions Our first session was held today at UNM’s Center for Disaster Medicine (2704 Yale SE). As a group, we decided that we would explore different topics each week, as decided by the previous week’s conversation.This is a more organic way to plan a half-semester than […]
New Opportunity UNM SOM Students Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Lecture: T-Th 4:00-5:15 Location: UNM Center for Disaster Medicine. Large training room. 2704 Yale SE Instructor: Joe Alcock MD This interdisciplinary seminar is open to graduate students in Anthropology, Biology, and UNM SOM medical students. It will explore a variety of […]
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-myopia15-2009dec15,0,6467519.story Here is a piece in the LA Times about nearsightedness and the increasing rates in all ethnic groups.
The last presenters will start on Tuesday afternoon 12/15/09 at 3:00pm, not 4:00pm. You are encouraged to bring snacks and/or holiday food for this last marathon session. See you then! JA
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