J. Josh Snodgrass, Ph.D.

Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Areas of Specialization
Human Biology; Human Nutrition & Energetics; Evolutionary Medicine; Global Health; Growth & Development; Human Skeletal Biology

Education

NIA Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Mind and Biology,
       The University of Chicago (2004-2005)

Ph.D., Anthropology, Northwestern University (2004)
M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida (1998)
B.A., Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz (1995)

Research Interests
I am a biological anthropologist whose research focuses
on human adaptation to environmental stressors, the influence of economic and cultural change on health (especially cardiovascular disease), and the evolution of the human diet.

I am part of several large collaborative research teams and am involved in field research projects in northeastern Siberia, the Amazon region of Ecuador, and several locations within Oregon.

I also direct a human biology research laboratory that
focuses on the development and application of minimally invasive techniques (e.g., dried blood spots and saliva)
for assessing health and physiology in population-based research.

(Read more about my research interests)

Teaching

Anth 175: Evolutionary Medicine (Syllabus)
Anth 199: Footprints We Leave (Freshman Interest
   Group College Connections Course) (Syllabus)
Anth 270: Intro. to Biological Anthropology (Syllabus)

Anth 362: Human Biological Variation (Syllabus)

Anth 369: Human Growth & Development (Syllabus)

Current Research Projects

• Metabolic adaptation and health change among indigenous Siberians
  

• Shuar Health and Life History Project
  

• Stress, discrimination, and health among Latin American immigrants in Oregon
  

• Community-based Health Activation Project
  

• Biomarker development for assessing health and physiology in population-based research
  

• Evolution of the human diet

• Romantic relationship influences on health in adulthood
  

• WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
  

Bones and Behavior
I'm also a co-organizer (with Susan Antón of NYU) of
the Bones and Behavior Working Group, and I manage the website bonesandbehavior.org. Our group is dedicated to fostering a greater synthesis across biological anthropology with the specific aim of developing integrative approaches to research questions concerning human and primate adaptation. (More info).

Evolutionary Medicine Group
I coordinate the Evolutionary Medicine Group, which is
a discussion and project group that meets every other Friday during the academic year to discuss recent research in evolutionary medicine and to develop and pursue collaborative research projects. Click here for a recent article from Science on the evolution of the human diet, which discusses some of my research.

Selected Publications

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG. 2005. Basal metabolic rate in the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia. Am J Hum Biol 17: 155-172.
(cover photo)

(Go to Publication Archive)

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UO Links

Homepage
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Institute of Cog & Decision Sci
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Webmail

Libraries

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UO Project Groups
Evolutionary Medicine Group (ICDS)
Evolution & Cognition Group (ICDS)

Graduate Advisees
Felicia Madimenos (PhD Candidate)
Tara Cepon (PhD Student)
Erica Midttveit (PhD Student)
Julia Ridgeway-Diaz (MS Student)

Other UO Graduate Students
Melissa Liebert (MS Student)
Shayna Rohwer (PhD Candidate)
Terry Rueckert (MS Student)

Bones and Behavior
bonesandbehavior.org

Project Websites
Siberia Project Website
Shuar Project Website

Primary Collaborators
Susan Antón (NYU)
Aaron Blackwell (UCSB)