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Vincanne Adams is an American medical anthropologist at the University of California, San Francisco whose research addresses global health metrics, Tibetan medicine, and health disparities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She has examined how evidentiary practices in global health shape intervention and policy, and she has written on the commodification and translation of traditional medical systems. Her work combines ethnographic fieldwork with critical analyses of science, health, and inequality.
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What does Vincanne Adams study at UCSF?
Vincanne Adams is a professor of medical anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her work connects medicine to social conditions, including global health, Tibetan and Himalayan medical systems, health metrics, and post-disaster life in New Orleans.
Which Vincanne Adams book examines New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?
Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith examines how recovery after Hurricane Katrina reshaped life, work, and inequality in New Orleans. It is an ethnographic account of disaster recovery rather than a conventional disaster chronology.
What does Metrics: What Counts in Global Health say about health numbers?
The volume examines how indicators and targets make some health problems visible while leaving other experiences out. Adams edited Metrics: What Counts in Global Health for Duke University Press.
How is Vincanne Adams connected to Tibetan medicine?
She studies medical pluralism and the relationship between Tibetan healing practices, biomedical science, and social power. Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds was co-edited by Adams, Sienna Craig, and Mona Schrempf.
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