James T. Pfeiffer

Professor WOT

jamespf@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

• Global Health
• Medical Anthropology
• Sociocultural Anthropology

Background and Experience

Summary

Medical anthropology; International health; HIV/AIDS prevention

Affiliated Departments: 

• School of Public Health

Research

Projects

• “Early ART initiation among HIV-positive pregnant women in central Mozambique.” NIH R01* HD 074557-01. Publication and dissemination ongoing.  
• 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.  

Publications, Essays, Articles, and Book Chapters

• 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: Graduate Dissertations

• Inguane, Celso. Community Health Workers: Lives, Labor, and Hopes for an AIDS-Free Generation in Maputo, Mozambique. Diss. U of Washington. 2018.  

Research Advised: Graduate Predissertation Pilot Awards

• 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 2021

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health

Spring 2021

• ANTH 483 A: Africa Living with HIV/AIDS

Winter 2021

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health
• ANTH 377 B: Anthropology and International Health

Spring 2020

• ANTH 519 A: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Anthropology and Public Health

Winter 2020

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health
• ANTH 377 B: Anthropology and International Health

Spring 2019

• ANTH 483 A: Africa Living with HIV/AIDS

Winter 2019

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health
• ANTH 377 B: Anthropology and International Health

Spring 2018

• ANTH 519 A: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Anthropology and Public Health

Winter 2018

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology and International Health
• ANTH 377 B: Anthropology and International Health

Spring 2017

• ANTH 483 A: Africa Living With Hiv/aids

Winter 2017

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology And International Health
• ANTH 377 B: Anthropology And International Health

Spring 2016

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology And International Health
• ANTH 519 A: Advanced Qualitative Methods In Anthropology And Public Health

Winter 2016

• ANTH 377 A: Anthropology And International Health

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