Meet Our Team

BROOKE SCELZA

director
ucla anthropology

Brooke Scelza is Associate Professor Anthropology at UCLA. She is interested in understanding how social support networks operate in rural areas, and in determining what factors contribute to men's and women's reproductive decision-making.

JACOB SHEEHAMA

director
unAM  school of medicine

Jacob Sheehama is Deputy Associate Dean of the University of Namibia Medical School and has degrees in Microbiology and Public Health. He has a longstanding interest in rural health and has done research on infection prevention and control and TB immunology.

SEAN PRALL

director
MU anthropology

Sean Prall is an Assistant Professor in Anthropology at University of Missouri. His background is in immunology and endocrinology and his research focuses on how physiological and social factors combine to affect health and well-being.

john jakurama

John Jakurama is our lead research assistant and translator.
He has been working with us since 2011.
John has a strong interest in Himba culture
and heritage as well as extensive knowledge
of the local geography and ecology.

collaborators

Elizabeth Atkinson, Postdoctoral Researcher, SUNY Stony Brook
Brenna Henn, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
Katie Hinde, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Richard McElreath, Director, Max Planck Institute for Evol. Anthropology
Joan Silk, Professor, Arizona State University
Kathrine Starkweather, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evol. Anthropology
Jerome Siegel, Professor, UCLA
Ghandi Yetish, UCLA