Biological Anthropologist @ UCCS. Human Biology Association Secretary. Interested in parasites, immune systems, inequality, and health.
Colorado Springs, CO
Joined April 2019
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So exciting! I have a chapter in this and I'm honored to be included in a collection with so many amazing scholars! Can't wait to see the book! @LaithAlShawaf, I bet it feels fantastic to finally get this out there!
I'm delighted to announce a new book coming out this month: The Oxford Handbook of Evolution & the Emotions (TOHEE)!
t.ly/YKFyF
This book took several years and a whole LOT of teamwork to put together.
It's an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural effort. 👇🧵
Our new paper is now published online in @HumBioAssoc! Led by the amazing @HolyLaetoli, we show that PCOS-related hyperandrogenism may have had adaptive benefits, situating it more strongly as a mismatch disease!
So excited to share our paper, Hyperandrogenism associated with polycystic ovary syndrome may have a protective effect against fracture risk in female athletes: A pilot study was published in AJHB! @HelminthLady
Check out our very pink💕 article 👇🏼
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The Community Building and Networking Program is hosting a webinar to support participants who are working on presentations for the conference: an open conversation about tips and best practices for creating a poster and/or talk. Please come with your tips and questions:
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#CountdownToHBA2024 Congratulations to 2024 Franz Boas Award winner, Alexandra Brewis @brewis_alex. The Boas Award is our career achievement award which honors a member of the HBA for exemplary contributions to human bio in science, scholarship, & other professional service.
Woo hoo! #CountdowntoHBA2025
The #CountdowntoHBA2024 Spotlight on HBA Secretary, Dr. Tara Cepon-Robins (@HelminthLady) from @UCCS .
About a month away! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in L.A.!
#CountdownToHBA2024 We are just 29 days away from the start of the 2024 Human Biology Association Conference in Los Angeles, California. Check out the Conference Agenda for an overview and details of the upcoming sessions! conftool.org/hba2024/session…
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The #CountdownToConference is on! HBA Student Members, applications for Student Travel Awards are due tomorrow, February 15th.
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🚨 Our Special Issue in @AmJBioAnth is out! 🦠
Evolutionary, Ecological and Biocultural Perspectives on Infectious Disease and Pandemics 🧬
Read about the causes, spread, and effects of pandemics across human history - from the Pleistocene to today! 🦴 tinyurl.com/mwkw629z
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@HelminthLady @TEGildner evaluate the physical health effects of helminth infections and gastrointestinal disease risk in a sample of Black American children and raises these threats to health as an under-recognized public health concern in the US South 🧬
UCCS Anthropology's (@UCCS) very own former student @HolyLaetoli guest-hosted this awesome Sausage of Science podcast! Way to go, Courtney!
Welcome to Bizarro World, Sausage of Science listeners! @CaraOcobock is on the show...as a guest! She is joined by @professorlacy to discuss their recent @AmAnthroJournal articles "Woman the hunter: physiological evidence" & "archaeological evidence” on.soundcloud.com/f3kSjScASa…
Do all academics have a paper they've been working on for almost a decade that fills them with such existential dread to work on that it feels like the only way it will ever get out there is with an actual exorcism? No? Just me? #AcademicTwitter #Academic
Someone working on our grant proposal on Google drive is an anonymous blobfish right now and this is making me giddier than it should...
Join us in Los Angeles, March 20-22, 2024 for Human Biology Association's annual meeting. Abstract submission is now open and abstracts are due on October 16, 2023!
Don't forget! Abstract submission is OPEN for the 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association (March 20-22, 2024, Los Angeles, CA)! More information can be found here. Questions can be directed to the Program Chair, Amanda Veile: [email protected]
A write-up with an interview by @TEGildner about our #REACHStudy in Cahokia Heights, IL! It discusses preliminary findings: H. pylori and Sarcocystis infections among adult participants, as well as potentially harmful parasite presence in the soil.
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This work comes from our @BoettcherFdn funded project on Neglected Tropical Disease infection in United States.
My daughter's rock/fossil collection includes a fossilized poop (front and center) that her grandparents bought at a garage sale with absolutely no backstory.
With a display like this, who wouldn't want to major in #anthropology? @UCCS @UCCSLAS
#uccsnewstudentwelcomebash
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CfP: We invite proposals & preproposals for two sessions for next year’s HBA meetings in Los Angeles, CA: Proposals for invited sessions of the 2024 HBA meeting. Preproposals for the 2024 Plenary Session & Pearl Memorial Lecture. Both due August 15, 2023. facebook.com/groups/humanbio…
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#Parasitic Infections may be a common but neglected health issue in the United States. In this preliminary study, we show that 38% of small sample of children in the #Mississippi Delta are infected with at least one type of intestinal parasite.
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Read "Evidence and potential drivers of neglected parasitic helminth and protist infections among a small preliminary sample of children from rural Mississippi" by @HelminthLady @TEGildner and colleagues here: doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23889
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