Barbara Rylko-Bauer (born 1950) is a

medical anthropologist Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied ...

and

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who lives in the

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. She is an adjunct associate professor at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

's Department of Anthropology. She was born in 1950 in

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, and emigrated with her parents to the United States that same year.

Career

Rylko-Bauer received an undergraduate degree in microbiology from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, and in 1985 was awarded a PhD in anthropology from the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical ...

. Her interests include

medical anthropology Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and appli ...

applied anthropology Applied anthropology is the practical application of anthropological theories, methods, and practices to the analysis and solution of practical problems. The term was first put forward by Daniel G. Brinton in his paper "The Aims of Anthropology" ...

, social suffering, health care inequities in the US, health and human rights, narrative analysis, and the

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. She has published various articles, chapters, and books on these topics. She has served as a contributing editor to the American Anthropology Association's ''Anthropology News'' for the

Society for Medical Anthropology A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soc ...

(1991–1994) and for the AAA Committee on Practicing, Applied, and Public Interest Anthropology (2013–2014), as book review editor for ''Medical Anthropology Quarterly'' (1994–2000), and on several committees for the

Society for Applied Anthropology A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. So ...

. Her most recent work focuses on the intersection of health and violence and includes a volume, ''Global Health in Times of Violence'', edited in collaboration with Linda Whiteford and Paul Farmer. She is the author of a biography-memoir, ''A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps: My Mother's Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade'', which focuses on her mother's experiences as a Polish prisoner-doctor in Nazi slave labor camps and her efforts to rebuild her life, first as a refugee doctor in Germany, and later as an immigrant to the United States.

Awards

In 2003, Barbara Rylko-Bauer won the

Rudolph Virchow Award {{Short description, Annual American award in anthropology The Rudolf Virchow Awards are annual American awards in anthropology. About the Award The Rudolf Virchow Awards are given by the Critical Anthropology for Global Health Study Group, a spe ...

for her work with

Paul Farmer Paul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropology, medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a Harvard University Professor, University ...

References

External links

Official site
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