| Name |
Position - Title |
|
Mark
Nichter |
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Professor
of Anthropology
Professor of Family and Community Medicine |
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| Institution and Location |
Degree (if applicable) |
Years |
Field of Study |
| George
Washington University |
BA |
1971 |
Psychology |
| University
of Edinburgh, Scotland |
MA,
Ph.D. |
1973,1977 |
Social
Anthropology |
| John
Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health |
MPH |
1978 |
International
Health |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1981-1983 |
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Post-Doctoral Training, Clinically Applied
Anthropology, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. |
| 1983-1983 |
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Fulbright Professor, Sri Lanka, Post
Graduate Institute of Medicine, Health Education Bureau, Ministry of Health. |
| 1986-1997 |
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Social Science Advisor for the Rockefeller
Foundation Office of Health. |
| 1986-1998 |
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Social Science Advisor for the International
Network for Clinical Epidemiology (INCLEN). |
| 1985-present |
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Professor and Head of Medical Anthropology
Graduate Program, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Frequent consultant for WHO, UNICEF, USAID, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, Robert Wood
Johnson, HIID, INCLEN |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 1993-1994 |
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Member, Institute of Medicine,
National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Preventing Nicotine Dependency in Children and
Youths. |
| 1993-1996 |
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Associate Editor, Medical
Anthropology.Editorial Board, Health Transition Review; Culture, Medicine, and
Psychiatry, Medical Anthropology Quarterly |
| 1997-present |
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Core member of the Research
Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence (TERN), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| 1998- 2000 |
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Public Policy Committee American
Anthropological Association |
2001-present
|
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President Society for Medical
Anthropology |
SELECTED AWARDS AND
GRANTS
| 1976 |
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Radcliffe-Brown Award, United
Kingdom. |
| 1977 |
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NIH Scholarship to study public
health |
| 1980-82 |
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NIMH grant to undertake a
postdoc in clinical anthropology |
| 1983 |
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Fulbright Professorship in
Health Education and the Anthropology of Health, Sri Lanka. |
| 1988-1993 |
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NICHD grant to conduct study,
Food Intake, Dieting, and Smoking among Adolescent Females. |
| 1989 |
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Margaret Mead Award, American
Anthropological Association. |
| 1992 |
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Rudolph Virchow Award, American
Anthropological Association |
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