Sausage Of Science

Dr. Lara Durgavich is a visiting lecturer in the Anthropology Department at Boston University. In 2013, Lara received her Ph.D. from Boston University as well. Her research focuses on ovarian function, mating behaviors, and life history in captive orangutans. A strong proponent of science communication and outreach, Lara is also heavily involved with March Mammal Madness, a topic of discussion on this podcast many times in the past. Chris and Cara investigate her new paper, “A composite menstrual cycle of captive orangutans, with associated hormonal and behavioral variability,” which recently came out in The American Journal of Primatology and can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35856470/ Her 2020 TEDxTufts Talk "An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease" can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/lara_durgavich_an_evolutionary_perspective_on_human_health_and_disease ------------------------------ Lara's e-mail: ldurgavich@gmail.com on Twitter at: twitter.com/tinkeringprim8 We

Andrea Silva-Caballero joins Chris and Cara to discuss her studies of adolescent sleep patterns in urban and rural Mexico. Silva-Caballero completed her BA in Biological Anthropology in 2013 at the National School of Anthropology and History, Mexico City. Since then, she has specialized in medical anthropology with a focus on the pediatric population. She holds an MSc in Evolutionary Medicine awarded in 2017 by the University of Durham, United Kingdom, and is a member of the Durham Infancy & Sleep Center. She’s currently wrapping up revisions on her dissertation. Silva-Caballero's research reexamines current biomedical ideas concerning adolescent sleep by examining and comparing adolescents' sleep patterns in two rural sites and one urban site in Mexico. In particular, she addresses the phase shift in adolescents' sleep-wake cycle and the influence of artificial light and solitary sleep on their sleep timing and duration. Silva-Caballero was also the recipient of HBA’s 2022 E.E. Hunt Award, which recogniz

Our last guest of the season is Dr. Kristen Knuston, an Associate Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine)and Preventative Medicine (Epidemiology) at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Knutson studies the associations between sleep, circadian rhythms, and health. She chats with Chris and Cara about the different health outcomes between morning and night persons and tells us how a misalignment with your chronotype can lead to asthma or GI issues. Contact Dr. Knuston at kristen.knutson@northwestern.edu and follow her on Twitter @klknut Read Dr. Knuston's article featured in this episode here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29642757/ Found out more about her work at https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=37050 See Dr. Knutson's work being highlighted on Saturday Night Live: https://twitter.com/mvonschantz/status/986288195376680962?s=20&t=WvxRisJg5PL6lDY3ZMMUHQ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanb

Blast from the past! In this episode we bring you an interview with Amy Anderson from Spring of 2021. Chris and Cara talk to her about her dissertation research on health as reflected through the human skeleton and biomarkers of bone turnover. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at The University of California Santa Barbara. You can contact her via her website: https://www.amyandersonskeletonreader.com/about or on Twitter: @skeletonreader Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

Dr. Alyssa Crittenden joins us today for an excellent conversation (despite internet connectivity issues) about her work with Hadza community members, community-based work, and reconsidering biological sample collection. You can find her recent paper “Who Owns Poop? and Other Ethical Dilemmas Facing an Anthropologist Who Works at the Interface of Biological Research and Indigenous Rights” https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/anthro_fac_articles/590/. Dr. Alyssa Crittenden is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. You can contact her via her website: https://www.unlv.edu/people/alyssa-crittenden and on Twitter: @an_crittenden Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/,

Dr. Holly Horan is a clinical, biocultural, and medical anthropologist at the University of Alabama studying how lived experiences contribute to perinatal health and birth outcomes . She chats with Chris and Cara about how her experience as a trained doula parallels her research investigating maternal stress and how her fieldwork has shaped the direction of her studies. You can find Dr. Horan's AJHB paper on cortisol levels across the pregnancy and postpartum period here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23718 Learn more about Dr. Horan's work at https://hhoran.people.ua.edu and contact her at hhoran@ua.edu Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chri

Chris and Cara are joined today by Dr. Bonnie Kaiser, anthropologist, global health researcher, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California San Diego. On today's episode, they discuss her recent work on the relationship between mental health and medical pluralism in Haiti, idioms of distress, oncofertility, the power of team-based projects, and taking the time to un-pack and innovate new methods and measurement tools to reflect context-based participant experiences. Contact Dr. Kaiser on her faculty website: https://anthropology.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/faculty-profiles/Bonnie%20N.%20Kaiser.html, on Twitter: @BonnieNKaiser, and by email: bnkaiser@ucsd.edu Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdl

This week's guest is Dr. Heather Shattuck-Heidorn, an Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Dr. Shattuck-Heidorn is also the Director of Engaged Communications at the Harvard GenderSci Lab. She tells Chris and Cara about the importance of interdisciplinary collaborations and critical thought in producing and communicating good science. She also delves into how to address sex and gender in science and why biological anthropology is particularly well-suited for a better understanding of these important variables. You can contact Dr. Shattuck-Heidorn at heather.shattuckheidorn@maine.edu and follow her on Twitter @HeatherSH22 Learn more about the GenderSci Lab at https://www.genderscilab.org Read Dr. Shattuck-Heidorn and colleagues critique on the study finding sex differences in COVID outcomes here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03644-7 And read her recent AJHB piece with Dr. Zachary DuBois on challenging the sex binary here: https://onlinelibrar

Dr. Glorieuse Uwizeye is an Assistant Professor at The Western University of Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Today, Chris and Alex talk to her about her work on the health impacts of the Rwandan genocide on youth. In particular, they discuss her recent paper entitled “Double Jeopardy: Young adult mental and physical health outcomes following conception via genocidal rape during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.” If you would like to contact her, you can visit her website: https://www.uwo.ca/fhs/nursing/about/faculty/research_supervisors/uwizeye_g.html or email her at guwizeye@uwo.ca You can find KivuBelt Coffee mentioned at the end of the episode: https://www.kivubeltcoffee.com/ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair

Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Graciela Cabana, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Dr. Cabana’s work focuses on the human genome from a biosocial and biopolitical context. In particular, she has been working on a project developed to understand how public perspectives of race and nationality are impacted by recent trends of genetic testing in Argentina. To find out more about her work or contact her, visit her website: https://www.mal-utk.com/graciela-s-cabana or follow her on Twitter @GracielaCabana Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDe

Dr. Adam Van Arsdale, a Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College chats with Chris and Cara about why and how we need to rethink the way human anatomical evolution is taught. He discusses his recent presentations at the AABA in Denver and highlights his talk with Dr. Robin Nelson on the inconsistencies in how the term "population" is used by anthropologists. You can find Dr. Van Arsdale's talk on the concept of human modernity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LakWU3PR0 And his other AABA talk on the term "population" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJb9SunMtOo You can also find Dr. Van Arsdale's MOOC prerecorded lectures on human evolution here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWYl-iTHMAj3n-1o0idR9k2c0NYFBKspU Contact Dr. Van Arsdale at avanarsd@wellesley.edu and on Twitter at @APV2600 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: s

Dr. Briana Pobiner is a paleoanthropologist and Education Program specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. She chats with Chris and Cara about her research on the evolution of human diets and the possibility that Homo erectus may have been scavengers instead of hunters. She talks about the issues associated with making broad conclusions about the paleo diet and how academics can contribute to public engagement using the skills acquired doing research. You can learn more about Dr. Pobiner's work at: https://humanorigins.si.edu/about/human-origins-program-team/briana-pobiner You can contact Dr. Pobiner at pobinerb@si.edu and on Twitter @BrianaPobiner Find her most recent research article at https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2115540119 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu

On today’s episode, Dr. Janelle Wagnild and Dr. Justin Aunger discuss their Toolkit paper in AJHB on measuring sedentary behavior: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.23546. Dr. Wagnild is a postdoctoral scholar the University of Durham in Quantitative Methods and Anthropology of Health, you can find her webpage here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/j-m-wagnild/ and on Twitter @jwagnild. Dr. Aunger is a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey and Birmingham. You can find his webpage here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/panini/about/researchers/justin-aunger.aspx and Twitter: @j_aunger. Episode photo: person sitting on a park bench, from Marco Testi on Unsplash. Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cd

Today Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Jennifer Raff all about her new book “Origin: A Genetic History of The Americas” (https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/jennifer-raff/origin/9781538749715/) and exciting/challenging ancient DNA research! Dr. Raff is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The University of Kansas. This episode is chock-full of stunning and interesting insights! You can contact Dr. Raff on her website: https://anthropology.ku.edu/jennifer-raff#link1 or on Twitter: @JenniferRaff Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu,

From male reproductive aging, embracing human variability in sports, to cool dog science. On this episode, Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Peter Gray, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas about his diverse research on fatherhood and sexuality and the work he is mentoring! We hope you enjoy this fantastic episode and stay tuned for more after a week-long production break. SoS will be back with new episodes March 28th, 2022! You can contact Dr. Gray via email at peter.gray@unlv.edu or on twitter @peterbgray Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Ale

On todays episode of The Sausage of Science, Cara and Chris talk shop on dental calculus, telling a holistic story of the deceased, brown adipose tissue, and life in Copenhagen with Dr. Jonathan Robert Belanich. Dr. Belanich is a former student of Chris (Roll Tide!) and did his PhD in Microbiology from Mississippi State University and his Masters in Bioarchaeology. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research. You can contact him via email at jbelanich@sund.ku.dk Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Nicl

Dr. Thomas McDade, Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University discusses why inflammation should not simply be branded a secret killer. He also chats with Chris and Cara about his ongoing research on the differences in antibody responses to COVID-19 infection and vaccination. Find some of Dr. McDade's work on inflammation at: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/109/Supplement_2/17281.full.pdf and https://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7611 Read his most recent publications on COVID-19 anti-body response at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021002984 and https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96879-3 Contact Dr. McDade at t-mcdade@northwestern.edu and follow him on Twitter at @tmcdade35 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public

So, what’s the deal with sleep, immune function, and mortality risk? On today’s episode, Dr. Eric Shattuck and Dr. Corey Sparks discuss their collaboration to investigate how morality risks may be affected by sleep quality, through white blood cell function. Listen for more intriguing insights and read their paper here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33527525/ Dr. Eric Shattuck is an Assistant Professor of Research at The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) and interim director of the Institute for Health Disparities Research. You can contact him or find out more about his work here: https://sites.google.com/view/ericshattuck/home and on Twitter: @eric_shattuck. Dr. Corey S. Sparks is an Associate Professor of Demography at UTSA. You can find out more about his work and forthcoming book here: http://coreysparks.weebly.com/ and on Twitter: @CoreySparks1 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Tw

In today's episode Chris and Cara talk to Dr. Stephanie McClure, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. Dr. McClure talks about the importance and the benefits of bringing anthropology to public health as evidenced by her own work leading and organizing six Covid-19 vaccination clinics across the country. Her and Cara also discuss their discontent with current policies restricting female athletes on the basis of their testosterone levels. Find Dr. McClure's paper "On Integrity and the Risk of Generational Loss: Narratives of Preservation and Threat Underlie Policies Restricting Natural Testosterone in Women Athletes" at On Integrity and the Risk of Generational Loss: Narratives of Preservation and Threat Underlie Policies Restricting Natural Testosterone in Women Athletes And her AJHB on collaborating with public health "Practices of disciplinary symbiosis: (Re)blending theory and method, anthropology and public health" at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu

Dr. Jessica Dimka is the Co-leader of the Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway. She chats with Chris and Cara about her work on the associations between behaviors and epidemics in Newfoundland and describes how modeling can be implemented in anthropological research. Find Dr. Dimka's most recent publication "“We didn't get much schooling because we were fishing all the time”: Potential impacts of irregular school attendance on the spread of epidemics" at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.23578 Follow Dr. Dimka on Twitter at @jesdimka or reach out via email at jessicad@oslomet.no Participate and celebrate in #AnthroDay: https://www.americananthro.org/anthroday Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA