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Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403

Office: 354 Condon Hall

Lab: Center for Medical Education and Research
(2nd Floor), Sacred Heart
Medical Center, 722 E. 11th Avenue

Office Phone: 541-346-4823
Lab Phone: 541-346-0849
Fax: 541-346-0668
E-mail: jjosh@uoregon.edu









J. Josh Snodgrass, Ph.D.


Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Associate Member, Center for Ecology & Evol. Biology
Member, Institute of Cognitive & Decision Sciences

Research Interests
Human Biology; Adaptation; Growth & Development; Human Nutrition/Energetics; Evolutionary Medicine; Global Health; 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, University of California-Santa Cruz
(1995)

Current Projects
Health consequences of economic development among
indigenous Siberians
Metabolic adaptation among circumpolar populations
WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
Acculturation and psychosocial stress among Latino
          immigrants in Oregon
Community-based Health Activation Project (CHAP)
Development of biomarkers for assessing health and
physiology in population-based research
Comparative and evolutionary perspectives on human and
primate energy requirements

Selected Publications
Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Mosher MJ. 2008. The influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among indigenous Siberians. Am J Phys Anthropol (in press).

Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Leonard WR. 2007. Adaptive dimensions of health research among indigenous Siberians. Am J Hum Biol 19: 165-180.
(Cover Photo)

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, McDade TW, Sorensen MV, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG. 2007. Anthropometric correlates of C-reactive protein among indigenous Siberians. J Physiol Anthropol 26: 241-246.


Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Robertson ML. 2007. Primate bioenergetics: an evolutionary perspective. In: M Ravosa & M Dagosto (eds.) Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution. New York: Springer, pp. 703-737.


Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Robertson ML. 2007. Effects of brain evolution on human nutrition and metabolism. Annu Rev Nutr 27: 311-327.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Schoeller DA. 2006. Total energy expenditure in the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia as measured by the doubly labeled water method.  Am J Clin Nutr 84: 798-806.

Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Sorensen MV, Tarskaia LA, Alekseev VP, Krivoshapkin VG. 2006. The emergence of obesity among indigenous Siberians. J Physiol Anthropol 25: 75-84.

Snodgrass JJ. 2006. Review of: A Prehistory of the North: Human Settlement of the Higher Latitudes, JF Hoffecker. Am J Phys Anthropol 130: 275-276.

Leonard WR, Robertson ML, Snodgrass JJ. 2006. Energetic models of human nutritional evolution. In: PS Ungar (ed.) Evolution of the Human Diet. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 344-359.


Sorensen MV, Snodgrass JJ, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Ivanov KI, Krivoshapkin VG, Spitsyn VA. 2005. Health consequences of postsocialist transition: dietary and lifestyle determinants of plasma lipids in Yakutia. Am J Hum Biol 17: 576-592.

Leonard WR, Snodgrass JJ, Sorensen MV. 2005. Metabolic adaptation in indigenous Siberian populations. Annu Rev Anthropol 34: 451-471.

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)

Snodgrass JJ. 2004. Sex differences and aging of the vertebral column. J Forensic Sci 49: 458-463.

Snodgrass JJ, Galloway A. 2003. Utility of dorsal pits and pubic tubercle height in parity assessment. J Forensic Sci 48: 1226-1230.

Leonard WR, Robertson ML, Snodgrass JJ, Kuzawa CW. 2003. Metabolic correlates of hominid brain expansion. Comp Biochem Physiol 136A: 5-15.

Note: All articles are the sole copyright of the respective publishers.  Materials are provided for educational use only.

Classes
Anthropology 174: Anthropology of Food & Health
          (Last taught Spring 2007) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 199: Footprints We Leave (Freshman Interest
          Group College Connections Course (Last taught Fall
           2007) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 270: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
(Last taught Fall 2007) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 362: Human Biological Variation (Last taught
Fall 2006) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 399: Human Growth and Development (Last           taught Fall 2007) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 407/507: Bioanthropology Methods
          (Last taught Spring 2007) (Syllabus)
Anthropology 407/507: Evolutionary Theory (Last taught
Spring 2006) (Syllabus)




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

Graduate Students
Felicia Madimenos (PhD Student)
Tara Cepon (MS Student)

Collaborators

Betsy Abrams (UIC)
Susan Antón (NYU)
Alison Galloway (UCSC)
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez (UCSC)
Paul Koch (UCSC)
Chris Kuzawa (Northwestern)
Bill Leonard (Northwestern)
Heather McClure (OSLC)
Thom McDade (Northwestern)
Dale Schoeller (Wisconsin)
Mark Sorensen (UNC)
Larry Sugiyama (UO)
Frances White (UO)
Sharon Williams (Purdue)

Professional Organizations
Human Biology Assoc
Am Assoc Physical Anthropologists
American Society for Nutrition
Am Anthropological Assoc
Paleoanthropology Society
Am Assoc Anthropological Genetics
Am Assoc for the Advancement of Sci

Journals
Am J Clin Nutr
Am J Hum Biol
Am J Phys Anthropol
Am J Primatol
Annals Hum Biol
Annu Rev Anthropol
Comp Biochem Physiol A
Demography
Econ Hum Biol
Evol Anthropol
Hum Biol
Int J Osteoarch
Int J Primatol
J Forensic Sci
J Hum Evol
J Mammal Evol
J Nutr
J Physiol Anthropol
Nature
Oecologia
PLoS Biology
PLoS Medicine
PNAS
Primates
Science
Soc Sci Med

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Current Science & Technology
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Misc.
eSkeletons Project
France Casting
Global History of Health Project
Graduate Programs in Physical Anth
Int Network for Circumpolar Health Res
ISI Journal Abbreviation Index
Max Planck Institute: Evol Anthropol
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Science Education
Oregon Social Learning Center
PaleoTech Concepts
Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Seed: Science is Culture
Skulls Unlimited
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Works of Charles Darwin