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Chris Kuzawa is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research. He specializes in biological anthropology, focusing on developmental biology, human evolution, and health disparities. He is relocating to Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology in 2025.
Education: PhD in Anthropology and MSPH in Epidemiology from Emory University (2001). Research Interests: Developmental origins of adult disease, evolutionary theory, brain energetics, intergenerational health effects, and the misuse of race concepts in science. Current projects include studies on fatherhood's psychobiology, Cebu longitudinal health cohorts, and epigenetic mechanisms linking early life environments to health outcomes.
Scientific Awards: Member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Key Contributions: Pioneering work on testosterone changes in fathers, paternal age effects on telomeres, and epigenetic underpinnings of health disparities. Affiliations: Co-director of the Health Inequality Network and founder of Cells 2 Society at Northwestern.
Research Themes: Interdisciplinary approaches to health equity, evolutionary medicine, and global health. Recent work addresses societal implications of biological research, including testimony on reparations and health disparities in the U.S.
