Professor WOT Sociocultural Anthropology Contact Information jamespf@uw.edu Fields of Interest Global Health Medical Anthropology Sociocultural Anthropology Biography Medical anthropology; International health; HIV/AIDS prevention Research Selected Research UW Population Health Initiative (PHI). “Mama Amaan (Safe, Peaceful Mother) Project: African Mother to Mother Antenatal Assistance Network (AMMAAN).” Pilot community-based doula intervention to improve antenatal care attendance in the East African community in Seattle. Somali Health Board, Health Alliance International, Parent Trust, UW Global Health, Anthropology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Social Work, CSDE. “Early ART initiation among HIV-positive pregnant women in central Mozambique.” NIH R01* HD 074557-01. Publication and dissemination ongoing. Pfeiffer, J. and Chapman, R. R. 2019. "NGOs, austerity, and universal health coverage in Mozambique." Globalization and Health, 15(1), pp.1-6. Research Advised Inguane, Celso. Community Health Workers: Lives, Labor, and Hopes for an AIDS-Free Generation in Maputo, Mozambique. Diss. U of Washington. 2018. Puerto, Hugo. How do the Colombian health system better make a more culturally competent extension of primary healthcare services into indigenous communities in Colombia? 2018 Courses Taught Autumn 2025ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health ANTH 483 A: Africa Living with HIV/AIDS Winter 2025ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health Autumn 2024ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health ANTH 483 A: Africa Living with HIV/AIDS Winter 2024ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health Autumn 2023ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health ANTH 483 A: Africa Living with HIV/AIDS Winter 2023ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health ANTH 377 B: Anthropology and International Health Resources & Related Links School of Public Health Profile Affiliations Home Department Anthropology Related Departments School of Public Health Related News Related News Faculty News 2022 (May 10, 2022) Pfeiffer receives Society for Medical Anthropology Award (November 19, 2021) Immigrant and refugee communities in Southeast Seattle (February 22, 2019) Faculty | Staff News 2015 (May 1, 2015) Faculty | Staff News 2014 (May 1, 2014)
