Society for Medical Anthropology

Academic Resources: Graduate Programs

 

University of Toronto

Degrees offered:

• M.A., Ph.D.

Medical Anthropology Faculty:

• Anthropologists at Toronto investigating socio-cultural dimensions of health include Richard Lee, with a major project on the social and political-economic dimensions of AIDS in Africa, and David Turner, who focusses on indigenous spiritual determinants of health in Australia. Hilary Cunningham's research interests include bioethical aspects of recent research on, and commericalization of, human genetics. Research following these factors over time include Susan Pfeiffer's work on health change from an evolutionary perspective and, at Scarborough, Larry Sawchuk's historical demographic research on social and economic determinants of health. Janice Boddy and Michael Lambek are other Scarborough colleagues with research on cultural and gender dimensions of physical and mental health.

Graduate Faculty

• Full Members:
  G. A. Alderson-Smith, MA, PhD
  E. B. Banning, BA, MA, PhD
  D. R. Begun, MA, PhD
  J. P. Boddy, BA, MA, PhD, FRSC
  F. D. Burton, BSc, MA, PhD
  M. Chazan, BA, MA, PhD
  R. J. Coombe, BA, LLB, JSM, JSD
  G. G. Coupland, BA, MA, PhD
  G. Crawford, BSc, MA, PhD
  H. Cunningham, BA, MA, PhD
  M. Danesi, BA, MA, PhD, FRSC
  N. Z. Davis, BA, MA, PhD, FAmAcAs, CFBrAc
  G. Dei, BA, MA, PhD
  T. M. Friesen, BA, MA, PhD
  G. S. Gillison, BA, PhD
  P. Goldberg, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
  R. S. Hagey, BScN, MA, PhD
  M. S. Heller, BA, MA, PhD
  I. Kalmar, BA, MA, PhD
  M. J. Lambek, BA, MA, PhD, FRSC
  M. A. Latta, BA, MA, PhD
  R. B. Lee, BA, MA, PhD, FRSC, University Professor
  M. D. Levin, BA, MA, PhD
  T. Li, BA, PhD, Canada Research Chair
  H. V. Luong, BA, MA, PhD (Chair)
  J. T. Mayhall, BA, MA, DDS, PhD
  B. S. Mcelhinny, PhD (Coordinator of Graduate Studies)
  E. Molto, BA, PhD
  C. E. Orser, Jr, B.S., M.A., Ph.D
  S. Pfeiffer, BA, MA, PhD
  L. A. Sawchuk, BA, MA, PhD
  H. P. Schwarcz, AB, M.Sc., Ph.D
  D. W. Sellen, BA, MA, PhD, Canada Research Chair
  K. Sieciechowicz, BA, MA, PhD
  B. A. Sigmon, BA, MS, PhD
  D. H. Turner, BA, MA, PhD
  K. Young, BSc, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC, LMCC
  E. Zubrow, B.A., M.A.

Members Emeriti:

• W. P. Carstens, BA, PhD
  J. J. Chew, MA, PhD
  R. B. Drewitt, PhD
  M. R. Kleindienst, BA, MA, PhD
  J. D. Mavalwala, B.S., M.S. Ph.D.
  T. F. Mcfeat
  S. Nagata, MA, PhD
  S. B. Philpott, BA, MA, PhD
  A. K. Ray, BSc, MSc, PhD
  W. J. Samarin, BA, PhD
  R. W. Shirley, BA, MA, PhD
  R. M. Vanderburgh

Associate Members:

• S. Bamford, BA, MA, PhD
  J. Barker, BA, MA, PhD
  T. M. Kaiser, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
  M. Lehman, BA, MA, PhD
  R. Mason, BA, PhD
  H. Miller, BA,MSc,MA,Phd
  E. Parra, BA,MSc,PhD
  H. E. Rogers, BA, MA, PhD
  T. Rogers, BA,MPA,PhD
  T. Sanders, BA,MA,MSc,PhD
  M. A. Schillaci, BA,MA, PHD
  J. Sidnell, BA,MA,PhD
  D. Smith, PhD
  J. S. Song, B.A., PH.D.
  A. Von Gernet, MA, PhD
  H. Wardlow, BA, MPhil, PhD

Program information:

• Medical Anthropology is a research area at the crossroads of biological and social sciences. Recently, the Department of Anthropology's graduate programme dedicated to Medical Anthropology was approved by the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, and University of Toronto at Scarborough offers undergraduate Medical Anthropology. Graduate students interested in medical anthropology can work with faculty in physical or social anthropology.
• Medical Anthropologists study health both cross-culturally and over evolutionary time scales. Anthropology contributes to our understanding of health by examining how they operate in diverse social, political, economic, cultural, and gender contexts across time and space.

Address:

• University of Toronto
  100 St. George Street,
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3
  Telephone: (416) 978-4805
  FAX: (416) 978-3217