Professor WOT
Sociocultural Anthropology
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Fields of Interest
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 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Winter 2023
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