Voices From the Field: Studying a Plastic Waste Crisis Through an Anthropological Lens
Anthropologist Mayarí Hengstermann, Ph.D., shares her experiences with communities in the mountainous region of Santa María Xalapán, Guatemala, where she explores strategies to reduce burning of plastic waste.
Past Training and Capacity Building
2023
- Aug 2023: Voices From the Field: Cognitive Assessments of Children Provided Insight into Andean Culture
- Jun 2023: Voices From the Field: Combating Maternal Mortality Through Statistics and Epidemiology
- Apr 2023: Voices From the Field: Learning From Communities to Improve Disaster Resilience
- Feb 2023: Voices From the Field: Investigating Exposures to Chemical and Non-Chemical Stressors on Mother and Child Health in Suriname
2022
- Dec 2022: Voices From the Field: Studying a Plastic Waste Crisis Through an Anthropological Lens
- Oct 2022: Voices From the Field: Searching for Ties Between Environmental Exposures and Vaccine Response
- Aug 2022: Voices From the Field: From the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, Learning the Importance of Effective Risk Communication
- Jun 2022: Voices From the Field: Finding Links Between Nutrition and Global Maternal Health
- Apr 2022: Voices From the Field: Linking the Local Soil and Gut Microbiomes to Children’s Health in Western Kenya
- Feb 2022: Voices From the Field: Reflections on Restorative and Mechanistic Approaches to Environmental Science and Health Research on Indigenous Lands
