Anthropologist of Medicine and Technology
This week I conducted a teaching exercise in my writing-intensive, first-year class about human health and the environment designed to help my students better understand how to analyze social “data” for their final papers. They did a great job, putting their fingers on some of the major concerns I’ve heard voiced during my research on the food allergy community!
Since the introduction of the Auvi-Q in early 2013, there has been a price war going on between Sanofi, the maker of the device, and Mylan, maker of the EpiPen. Both devices are epinephrine auto-injectors: single-use devices that contain a single dose of epinephrine and can easily be administered to oneself or to another person with minimal medical training. Both devices are also rising in cost.
I recently read several articles by sociologists who study consumer culture and its impact on children and parents. I want…
The LEAP Study This morning, I got into a discussion about how the media has been reporting the recent LEAP…
I don’t ordinarily venture beyond food allergies on this blog. However, the debate about how the current measles outbreak in…
AAAAI was an incredible experience. I met an amazing group of tweeting allergists and scientists. I had in-depth conversations with…
This weekend I’m going to the yearly American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) meeting in Houston, TX. I…
I’ve been following the peanut-contaminated cumin recall news, as I’m sure many of you have been as well. According to…
I sometimes feel crazy as I write dissertation sections that delve deeply into short pieces of interviews – I recently…
This month, I began writing a section of my dissertation that I’ve been excited about for months: the everyday techniques…
One piece of preparation for the NYU conference I’m presenting at this week is to (re)read work by the more…
Next month, I’ll be giving a short presentation at a workshop focused on how people with chronic illnesses use the…
Just a short reflection and note today… If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you might know that I’m in…
A few months back, I wrote a post titled “Medicine and Morality.” In that post, I tried to offer a…
At the Food Allergy Bloggers Conference last weekend, it really struck me how certain kinds of retailers are deeply integrated…
Happy Food Allergy Bloggers Conference weekend! I know, I know, it’s over. I’m in the airport, looking forward to sleeping…
This semester, I’m drafting two dissertation chapters using the data I’ve collected so far about the culture of food allergies…
Lovely readers, don’t miss my guest post, “What Can Food Allergy Experts (Including Parents) Teach the Rest of Us About…
Today I had the pleasure of attending the first in a series of monthly lecture courses for a group of…
I spent last week in Buenos Aires at my field’s international conference, talking about my research and learning about what…
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