Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug - Bioarchaeology + anthropology in policymaking

Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug from the University of North Carolina - Greebsboro discusses some of the projects her lab is working on, including skeletal and dental pathology in past populations and istopic analysis of human remains. She also touches on the importance of integrating biological anthropology into climate change and global health policies. These two articles are great examples of how bio anthro could inform policymaking: G. Robbins Schug, S. E. Halcrow, Building a bioarchaeology of pandemic, epidemic, and syndemic diseases: Lessons for understanding COVID-19 . Bioarchaeol. Int. 6 , 179–200 (2022). G. Robbins Schug et al., Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (2023). Honestly, we probably could have done an entire show on just one article. And I might do that in the future. For now, I encourage you to read the articles. They illustrate how answering questions about our past can help us build a better future. Books, articles, and media mentioned in this episode: Dr. Robbins Schug's faculty page at UNCG Robbins Schug Human Diversity Lab Website G. Robbins Schug, S. E. Halcrow, Building a bioarchaeology of pandemic, epidemic, and syndemic diseases: Lessons for understanding COVID-19 . Bioarchaeol. Int. 6 , 179–200 (2022). G. Robbins Schug et al., Climate change, human health, and resilience in the Holocene . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (2023). Grauer, A. (Ed.) (2015). A Companion to Paleopathology . Wiley-Blackwell. Buiktra, J. (Ed.) (2019). Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains (3rd edition). Academic Press. Resnick, D. (2001). Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Disorders: 5-Volume Set . Saunders. Planetary Health Alliance Sholts, S. (2024). The Human Disease: How We Create Pandemics, from our Bodies to Our Beliefs . MIT Press.

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