2nd Annual Wittman 系列讲座, Funded through the Support of Laura and Jim Wittman

Friday, March 23, 2018, 6:00 p.m. Science Building, room 012

Dr. Lawrence 席尔, Wittman Lecturer, March 23, 2018

Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Epidemiology and Biostastics. 导演, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities State University fo New York, 奥尔巴尼

WISU interview with Dr. 席尔

Dr. 席尔's presentation "Health Disparities in the U.S. and the Special Case of American Indians" will be in Science room 012 on March 23rd. 

5:30 -茶点
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Dr. 席尔's Presentation
7:00-8:00 p.m. - Round table discussion

Dr. 席尔's interest include: Biological anthropology, medical anthropology, human growth and development, cities and health.

研究声明
My research concerns the interrelationship between biology and culture and focuses on biological responses to contemporary urban environments. The urban environment may be the new frontier for human adaptation because more and more people are living in urban environments and these environments are becoming less and less like the environments of our forebearers, i.e.，更具挑战性. I have been researching this topic by looking at the health of people exposed to different features of the urban environment. I began with a study of how noise, as a type of urban stress, affected human development, both prenatal and post-natal. I have since branched out to consider other pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead.

I have three current research projects. One looks at the effect of lead on child physical and cognitive development in 奥尔巴尼, NY. It also examines the influence of nutrition and other maternal characteristics on the transfer of lead from mother to fetus and on child development itself.  The second project seeks to address the growing concern about the effect of certain pollutants on sexual and physical development. It is a study of how PCBs may affect physical and sexual development during adolescence. This study is conducted in partnership with the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne in upstate New York. 第三项研究, also conducted in partnership with the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, examines the relationship of pollutants to the reproductive health of Akwesasne women who are concerned that pollution exposure may have damaged their ability to have children. 

Past Wittman Speakers

• 理查德•波茨, head of the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program and holds the Peter Buck Chair in Human Origins at the National Museum of Natural 历史. 2017年春季