Meredith Marten

Meredith Marten is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of West Florida (UWF), affiliated with the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. She holds a PhD in Medical Anthropology from the University of Florida (2014), an MPH in International Health & Development from Tulane University (2008), and degrees from Michigan State University and Florida State University. Her research focuses on structural vulnerability, maternal and neonatal health inequities, HIV/AIDS programs in Tanzania, and forensic anthropology applications of structural vulnerability analysis.

Key research projects include developing the Structural Vulnerability Assessment Tool (FIMR collaboration) and the Structural Vulnerability Profile (SVP) for forensic anthropology, which identifies skeletal biomarkers of social marginalization. She has conducted fieldwork in Tanzania on HIV prevention programs and donor aid impacts, supported by a Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Fellowship. Current initiatives address U.S. infant mortality and Senegal’s healthcare systems, emphasizing transdisciplinary collaboration between cultural and biological anthropology.

Publications span topics like healthcare funding challenges in Tanzania, forensic ethics, and global health policy. Awards include the Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, and her work appears in journals like Medical Anthropology, Global Public Health, and American Anthropologist.