Special seminar: Dr Emily Mendenhall - Syndemic Diabetes: Entanglements of Poverty, Trauma, and AIDS In 2017 a series of articles were published in The Lancet introducing the syndemics framework to examine how two or more diseases cluster together, interact, and are driven by social, environmental, and economic factors. This talk discusses the Series, the syndemic concept more broadly, and how it advances our understanding of global health. Syndemics Series in The Lancet Using examples of how diabetes, depression, and trauma cluster and interact among low-income communities residing in the US, India, South Africa, and Kenya, the talk will discuss why and how a syndemic framework advances the social determinants of health agenda in a pragmatic and effective way. Emily Mendenhall, PhD, MPH is a medical anthropologist who writes about how social trauma, poverty, and social exclusion become embodied in chronic mental and physical illness. She is an Assistant Professor of Global Health in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2017, she was awarded the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award by the Society for Medical Anthropology. May 24 2018 14.00 - 15.30 Special seminar: Dr Emily Mendenhall - Syndemic Diabetes: Entanglements of Poverty, Trauma, and AIDS This talk by Dr Emily Mendenhall is co-hosted by the Global Health Governance Programme, Edinburgh Infectious Diseases and the Centre for Medical Anthropology The Screening Room 50 George Square University of Edinburgh Map of venue More details and registration
Special seminar: Dr Emily Mendenhall - Syndemic Diabetes: Entanglements of Poverty, Trauma, and AIDS In 2017 a series of articles were published in The Lancet introducing the syndemics framework to examine how two or more diseases cluster together, interact, and are driven by social, environmental, and economic factors. This talk discusses the Series, the syndemic concept more broadly, and how it advances our understanding of global health. Syndemics Series in The Lancet Using examples of how diabetes, depression, and trauma cluster and interact among low-income communities residing in the US, India, South Africa, and Kenya, the talk will discuss why and how a syndemic framework advances the social determinants of health agenda in a pragmatic and effective way. Emily Mendenhall, PhD, MPH is a medical anthropologist who writes about how social trauma, poverty, and social exclusion become embodied in chronic mental and physical illness. She is an Assistant Professor of Global Health in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA) Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2017, she was awarded the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award by the Society for Medical Anthropology. May 24 2018 14.00 - 15.30 Special seminar: Dr Emily Mendenhall - Syndemic Diabetes: Entanglements of Poverty, Trauma, and AIDS This talk by Dr Emily Mendenhall is co-hosted by the Global Health Governance Programme, Edinburgh Infectious Diseases and the Centre for Medical Anthropology The Screening Room 50 George Square University of Edinburgh Map of venue More details and registration
May 24 2018 14.00 - 15.30 Special seminar: Dr Emily Mendenhall - Syndemic Diabetes: Entanglements of Poverty, Trauma, and AIDS This talk by Dr Emily Mendenhall is co-hosted by the Global Health Governance Programme, Edinburgh Infectious Diseases and the Centre for Medical Anthropology
