SoS 203: Achsah Dorsey discuss anemia in Peru

Listeners, please welcome Achsah Dorsey to the show! In this episode Prof. Dorsey discusses her research on childhood anemia in Peru and casually tosses in an excellent airplane turbulence metaphor to describe human physiology. Stick around for the ABBA shout-out. Prof. Dorsey joins our regular host, Prof. Chris Lynn, as well as returning guest host Prof. Theresa Gildner. Find the publication discussed in today’s episode via this citation: Dorsey, A. (2023). Biological and Ecological Impacts on Recovery from Anemia Among Peri-Urban Peruvian Children. In Human Growth and Nutrition in Latin American and Caribbean Countries (pp. 397-419). Cham: Springer International Publishing. ------------------------------------------------------------ Prof. Achsah Dorsey’s research utilizes life-history and evolutionary medicine perspectives to investigate the relationships between immune activation, body size and growth, and nutritional status in women and children. Her recent research explores the biological, environmental, and cultural links between anemia and infection, the gut microbiome, and home environment in families living in peri-urban communities within Lima, Peru. She can be contacted via e-mail: adorsey@umass.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website: humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, E-mail: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Theresa Gildner, HBA Fellow, SoS Guest Host E-mail: gildner@wustl.edu Eric Griffith, HBA Junior Fellow, SoS producer E-mail: eric.griffith@duke.edu