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Jun 25th, 2008 by The Editors
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The Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health maintains a list of people who work in areas at the interface of evolution and medicine/public health. The purpose is to facilitate contact among those with shared interests. If, for instance, you are giving a talk in Rotterdam, you can quickly find out who there shares your interests. Click to open the list in txt format, so you can copy and paste it into a spreadsheet where you can search and sort as you see fit
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I am interested in the major histocompatibility complex gene HLA-B27 and why it is associated with the autoimmune disease ankylosing spondylitis and related disorders. The geographic distribution of HLA-B27 in human populations is very strongly skewed towards the higher latitudes, and it is particularly prevalent amongst indigenous peoples living on both sides of the Bering Strait, and I suspect that the gene underwent strong selective pressure as humans migrated out of Africa and into the New World. I am looking for collaborators with more experience in genetic epidemiology and evolutionary biology than I do in order to attempt to explain this striking biogeographical puzzle.
My specific research has been in the evolution and ecology of body composition, which obviously is related to a great many health conditions with famously-contemplated evolutionary origins. My general interests are in human biology, demography, and evolutionary medicine. I am currently developing an online course in evolutionary medicine to be offered beginning in Spring, 2013 at the University of New Mexico.