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João Biehl is the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Brazil LAB at Princeton University. His work bridges medical anthropology, political theory, and global health, focusing on the pharmaceuticalization of care, judicialization of health rights, and postcolonial legacies in Brazil. He co-founded Princeton’s Program in Global Health and Health Policy and leads initiatives on indigenizing conservation and academia.
- Awards: Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships, J.I. Staley Prize, Wellcome Medal, and multiple book awards for Vita and Will to Live.
- Research: Explores pharmaceutical globalization, legal mobilization for health access, and historical ethnography of the Mucker War in southern Brazil.
- Collaborations: Co-edits the Critical Global Health series, collaborates with The Lancet on health determinants, and partners with the University of São Paulo on global health projects.
- Education: PhD in Anthropology (UC Berkeley, 1999) and PhD in Religious Studies (Graduate Theological Union, 1996).
Recent Publications: Co-authored Arc of Interference: Medical Anthropologies for Worlds on Edge (2023) and Unfinished: The Anthropology of Becoming (2017). His articles in The Lancet, American Ethnologist, and Current Anthropology address health inequities, pandemic responses, and ethnographic theory.
Teaching & Mentorship: Founded Princeton’s Medical Anthropology course and co-led the Indigenizing Conservation research project. Recipient of Princeton’s Graduate Mentoring Award.
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