Episode 10: Emily Mendenhall on COVID-19, Syndemics, and Community

from The Global Health Politics Podcast · host Joseph Harris

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Global Health Politics Podcast, I sit down with Georgetown University anthropologist Emily Mendenhall to discuss her book, Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji. We talk about her past work on non-communicable diseases, particularly diabetes and mental health, and her concept of syndemics, which examines how multiple health and social conditions intersect.

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