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Last updated: March 2021

History of Medical Anthropology in the Netherlands

E, Sijpt & Gerrits, Trudie & Van der geest, Sjaak. (2013). Introduction: medical anthropology in the Netherlands. Viennese Ethnomedicine Newsletter 12 (2-3): 3-6. (2010).

University Programs

University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
MSc. Medical Anthropology and Sociology, B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences, major Sciences, B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences, major Social Sciences
Course: Medical Anthropology
Contact: Carola Tize

Utrecht University
B.A. Cultural Anthropology Course: Medical Anthropology
Contact: Dr. Shifra Kisch

Leiden University
Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
B.A. Global Public Health, Course: Medical Anthropology, Contact: Dr. Josien de Klerk
B.A. Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Course: Medical Anthropology, Contact: Dr. Annemarie Samuels

Research INStitutes

Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development
Research project: SoNAR-Global: A Global Social Science Network for Infectious Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance
Contact: Dr. Danny de Vries (https://www.uva.nl/profiel/v/r/d.h.devries/d.h.devries.html)

RESEARCH GROUPS AND PROJECTS

Health, Care and the Body Programme Group (cluster of research projects)
University of Amsterdam, Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Programme Group Leader: Prof. dr. Amade M’charek (A.A.Mcharek[at]uva.nl)

Trans Global Health, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Period: 1-6-2013 until 1-6-2022
Contact: Prof. dr. Anita Hardon

Young Burundians tactical agency regarding sexual relations and decision making: From participatory research to evidence-based and practically relevant sexuality education
Period: not specified
Contact: Prof. Dr. Ria Reis, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam

Saphati Cohort Study
Period: not specified
Contact: Prof. dr. Annemarie Mol, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Dr. Christian Broer, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam

Global Future Health: A Multi-sited Ethnography of an Adaptive Intervention
Period: 1-1-2018 until 31-12-2022
Contact: Dr. Emily Yates Doerr, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam

World of Litium
Period: not specified
Contact: Dr. Cristobal Bonelli, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam

Impact of Social Isolation on Vulnerable People During Covid-19
Period: not specified
Contact: Dr. Danny de Vries, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam