Merrill Singer, PhD

Hometown:

Storrs, CT

About Me:

Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut
Research Interests: medical anthropology, structural factors in health inequality, critical medical anthropology theory, political ecology of health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, violence, inner city populations, syndemics.

Website:

http://www.anth.uconn.edu/faculty/Singer/

Area(s) of Training

anthropology, applied anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnography, medical anthropology, public health

Area(s) of Expertise

Health inequality, political ecology of health, syndemics, subtance abuse, HIV/AIDS, public health

Most Recent Degree

PhD

Current Area of Employment

Research and Teaching