Dr. Warren Wilson
Positions
Graduate Program Director
Faculty of Arts , Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Adjunct Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
B.A. Economics, Washington & Lee University, 1985
Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology, University of Colorado, 1997
M.A. Anthropology, University of Colorado, 1993
Biography
I am a biological anthropologist with a focus on health inequities in developing countries. In this, I explore the impact of behavior on health as decades of research have documented that health varies in relation to culture and that only by understanding behavior can we begin to provide sustainable solutions. My early work focused on children in urban Colombia, Amerindians in the Colombian Amazon and Guyana’s rainforests, and refugees in Canada. In 2011, in collaboration with colleagues in Tanzania, Canada, and the US, I initiated and ran a project documenting maternal-and-child health. Here we explore the correlates of subclinical inflammation among very young children because elevated inflammation sheds light on both near- and long-term health risks. In 2014, in collaboration with colleagues in Nicaragua and the US, I initiated and continue to run a project in rural Nicaragua to explore the relationship between an array of environmental predictors and a model of health outcomes that captures the cumulative dysregulation of biological systems confronting chronic environmental challenges (allostatic load). Ultimately, the teams on which I work seek to identify barriers to maternal and child health, which in the long-term should lead to the development of new evidence-based and locally-relevant solutions.
Research
Areas of Research
I am a biological anthropologist with a focus on health inequities in developing countries. In this, I explore the impact of behavior on health as decades of research have documented that health varies in relation to culture and that only by understanding behavior can we begin to provide sustainable solutions. My early work focused on children in urban Colombia, Amerindians in the Colombian Amazon and Guyana’s rainforests, and refugees in Canada. In 2011, in collaboration with colleagues in Tanzania, Canada, and the US, I initiated and ran a project documenting maternal-and-child-health. Here we explore the correlates of subclinical inflammation among very young children because elevated inflammation sheds light on both near- and long-term health risk. In 2014, in collaboration with colleagues in Nicaragua and the US, I initiated and continue to run a project in rural Nicaragua to explore the relationship between an array of environmental predictors and a model of health outcomes which captures the cumulative dysregulation of biological systems confronting chronic environmental challenges (allostatic load). Ultimately, the teams on which I work seek to identify barriers to maternal and child health, which in the long-term should lead to the development of new evidence-based and locally-relevant solutions.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 305 LEC 01 01 | Human Variation and Adaptation | 2021 |
| ANTH 350 LAB 02 B02 | Lab Practice Biological Anthro | 2020 |
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