ISEMPH Meeting Aug 1-4 CME approved for up to 29.75 hours
The University of Utah School of Medicine has designated the Fourth Annual ISEMPH meeting for up to 29.75 hours of AMA PRA Category I Credit. The meeting also includes a special wilderness medicine preconference August 1st. The 4th Annual International Society for the...
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Global Health at Yale
The multidisciplinary academic program in Global Health at Yale seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2018-2019 academic year, with an option of renewal for the following academic year. The Fellow will teach two undergraduate courses (one per semester) drawing on her...
Adaptive Oncogenesis: How Cancer Evolves inside Us by James DeGregori
Just out from Harvard University Press, DeGregori's book takes a sophisticated ecological perspective on cancer evolution within the body, and the dramatic clinical implications. The reviews below give a flavor for the advances he describes and extends. Highly...
Last day for ISEMPH Early Registration
April 30 is the last day for reduced fee early registration for the Aug 1-4 ISEMPH meeting in Park City, Utah. Keynote Speakers Val Curtis, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, NYU School of Medicine Katie Hinde, Arizona State...
Ev Apps Special Issue on Infection
The April 2018 issue of Evolutionary Applications is devoted to Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Infectious Diseases: Challenges, Advances and Promises. It is open access. Enjoy! 13 articles about evolution and human infectious disease Echaubard Pierre, Rudge...
Nina Wale wins $5,000 Omenn Prize
The Gilbert S. Omenn Prize of $5,000 for the best paper on evolution and medicine or public health published in any journal goes to a paper by Nina Wale and colleagues. Wale, N., Sim, D. G., Jones, M. J., Salathe, R., Day, T., & Read, A. F. (2017). Resource limitation...
The risks of C-Section
Just Published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health: Rosenberg, K. R., & Trevathan, W. R. (2018). Evolutionary Perspectives on Cesarean Section. . Abstract: Cesarean section (surgical removal of a neonate through the maternal abdominal and uterine walls) can be...