Peter Brown

Peter Brown, Professor of Anthropology in Emory College is also a Professor in the Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health. He has won four teaching awards at Emory. He is Director of the Center for Health, Culture and Society, as well as Senior Academic Advisor to the Emory Global Health Institute. Last year, he began a new minor in Emory College called Global Health, Culture and Society. He has served as the President of the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association and was the editor-in-chief of Medical Anthropology for a decade. His research is in Medical Anthropology examines human- environment interactions in relation to disease incidence, social epidemiology and economy. He has focused on malaria, and serves on a WHO Scientific Advisory Committee regarding that disease. Another line of research examines cultural factors in obesity and chronic disease, particularly in relation to male gender. He has edited Anthropology and Infectious Disease, Understanding and Applying Medical Anthropology, and Applying Anthropology.

I am going to be with GHD as part of a sabbatical during the upcoming Fall semester; I am not exactly sure how I will contribute. I have a passion for teaching, My appointment is in Anthropology in Emory's undergraduate college and in the SPH. I recently started an undergraduate minor program in "Global Health, Culture and Society" that has attracted much student interest. As a medical anthropologist i am a generalist, but i have research interests in malaria as well as chronic disease related to obesity.

I am looking forward to sitting in on these courses this July. I am certain that I will learn a lot. Last year I taught an undergraduate seminar on "Global Health Leadership in Historical Perspective," and I realized how little I know about this area.