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Allison Ham is a Research Fellow at Pennsylvania State University, currently holding an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Her work focuses on bioarchaeological analyses of skeletal remains to understand historical health, demography, and social stratification. She is affiliated with the Microarch Lab (https://microarchlab.github.io/), which explores interdisciplinary approaches to human skeletal biology.
Her research interests span bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and the biocultural analysis of ancient populations. Key themes include mortality differentials, early life stress indicators (e.g., linear enamel hypoplasia), and the intersection of skeletal biology with historical demography. She has conducted studies in diverse regions, including medieval Ireland, the Ancestral Pueblo Southwest, and Moche Peru.
Ham’s recent work (2023–2025) emphasizes sex-based health disparities, the ancient oral microbiome, and longitudinal health trajectories. Her articles frequently employ paleoepidemiological methods to analyze skeletal remains as proxies for historical health patterns.
She has no listed scientific awards but maintains active research through her NSF fellowship. No advising or grant details are provided in the text, though her lab’s work suggests ongoing collaborative projects in bioarchaeological methodologies.
