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- promoting the study of biosocial sciences -
Awardees
PhD Grants in 2023:
Catherine Clarke
(University College London) |
Area-based conservation targets in the Colombian Amazon: a biocultural critique |
Small Grants in 2023:
Mariam Arikosi
(University College London) |
The extent Rural Civil Society Organizations are instrumental in providing innovative people-centred health care to underserved rural communities in Pallisa District Uganda |
Nina Churchill
(University College London) |
Land tenure security, conservation, and rural livelihoods in the Sustainable Use Protected Area Baía Negra, Pantanal Wetland Brazil |
Alice Gottesman
(University College London) |
Community-driven governance for jaguar ecotourism and conservation in the Brazilian Pantanal |
Erin Hartmann
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Understanding reproductive violence against adolescent girls and its relationship with their family planning decision-making: an exploration of girls’ experiences in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya |
Bryony Jenkins
(University College London) |
Social Networks as an adaptive strategy in the Pantanal |
Gabriella Santini
(University College London) |
Herd(er)-Lion entanglements in Southern Kenya: assessing the impact of conservation initiatives on pastoralist-lion dynamics |
Lamiaa Shehata
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
A mixed method, longitudinal study of contraceptive use and equity of access to family planning among young people in Egypt |
Stephano Simba
(University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania) |
Prevalence and factors associated with respectful maternity care among recently delivered women at Sekou Toure regional referral hospital Mwanza Tanzania
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PhD Grants in 2022: None
Small Grants in 2022:
Carlotta Gamberini
(Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
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MIcrobes and MOthers (MIMO) – antibiotics prescription practices in antenatal care |
Jessica Gordon
(University of Sussex) |
Redressing the ‘winners and losers’ effect: understanding nutrition-related inequities in commercial farming contexts in Ghana |
Joseph Hamm
(University of Leeds) |
The effectiveness and social implications a conservation performance payment for large carnivores: a case study in Ruaha, Tanzania |
Ai Lin Mao
(University College London) |
Unbearably close: escalating human-bear entanglements in a Zanskari village |
Esther Sharma
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Birthing at Europe’s Crossroads: perinatal experiences of Afghan women in Serbia
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PhD Grants in 2021:
Govind Singh
(University of Sussex) |
Understanding quality of care in family planning services: Moving from Metrics to Perspectives |
Small Grants in 2021:
Mariam Abouelenin
(Lancaster University) |
Patrilineal fertility and marital bargaining in Egypt |
Katherine Footman
(London School of Economics) |
Choice within abortion care pathways in England and Wales |
Victoria Ford
(University of Oxford) |
(Mis)Managing Microbiomes: Experiences and Challenges with Chronic Vulvovaginal Yeast Infections in Primary Care |
PhD Grants in 2020:
Leah Eades
( University of Edinburgh) |
After the Eighth: Abortion and the Politics of Reproduction in Post-Repeal Ireland |
Small Grants in 2020:
María Galvis Malagón
(University College London) |
Multiple territories and power nuances: An analysis of conservation areas in Algeciras (Huila, Colombia) |
Rebbeca Jopling
(King’s College London) |
Patient level barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy in emerging adults aged 18-29 living with HIV in Zimbabwe |
Kaveri Mayra
(University of Southampton) |
Women’s experience and perception of respect, disrespect and abuse during childbirth |
Sophie Mylan
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Pandemic preparedness in refugee settings in Northern Uganda: a biosocial approach |
PhD Grants in 2019:
Birtukan Asmare
(University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria) |
Perception, strategies, practices and health consequences of farm pest management among rural female headed households in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia |
Small Grants in 2019:
Cristina Douglas
(University of Aberdeen) |
Bonding at the very end: emergence of personhood in end-of-life and palliative care through Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) |
Qian Gao
(King's College London) |
Exploring unmet social and healthcare needs of older adults with chronic illness in China |
Thomas Pienkowski
(University of Oxford) |
Conservation and human health: feedbacks between human–wildlife conflict and mental health? |
Nickolas Surawy-Stepney
(King's College London) |
Morphine in India: an ethnographic study |
Giuseppe Zenatti
(The University of Milan, Italy) |
Tuberculosis in women of Ethiopia – the contribution of pregnancy |
PhD Grants in 2018:
Shibei Ni
(University of Southampton) |
From one-child to two-child in China - The one-child generation’s choice? |
Collins Zamawe
(University College London) |
The impact of using herbal medicines during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes in rural Malawi |
Small Grants in 2018:
Plummer Hamilton
(Imperial College London) |
Patterns of population movement in onchocerciasis foci in Ghana: parameterising meta-population models for disease elimination |
Marthe Le Prevost
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
A mixed methods study of psychosocial issues and engagement in healthcare in young people with perinatal HIV in AALPHI |
Gillian McKay
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Family planning during Ebola: Perspectives on receipt and provision in Sierra Leone |
Heather Purshouse
(University of Stirling) |
Ecological sanitation and menstrual health: do composting toilets meet the practical, social and cultural needs of menstruating women and girls in Malawi? |
PhD Grants in 2017: None
Small Grants in 2017:
Abiodun Adanikin
(University of Southampton) |
Accessing family planning services in Nigeria: clients’ perspective of motivators and quality of care |
Peninah Agaba
(University of Hull) |
Utilisation and experiences in use of maternal health services among unmarried adolescents (10-19 years) in Uganda |
Enu Anand
(International Institute for Population Sciences, India) |
The Process, Phenomenon and Implications of Across-region Marriages as a response to Marriage Squeeze in Punjab & Haryana |
Sabine de Graaf
(University College London) |
The Power of Aspirations and the Politics of Hope among Syrian refugees coming to Europe |
Austin Hagwood
(University of Cambridge) |
Seeing REDD: The Political Ecology of Logging in Papua New Guinea |
Anushé Hassan
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Who Needs a Father? Investigating the Impact of Paternal Investment on Child Health |
Monica Jamali
(University of Southampton) |
Investigating access and utilization of sexual and reproductive health services among people with disability in Malawi |
Anne Schuster
(University of Southampton) |
Social change, political inequity and reproductive health: evaluating fertility decline in Myanmar |
PhD Grants in 2016:
Saskia Hendriks
(University of Amsterdam) |
The importance of genetic parenthood for infertile couples opting for assisted reproduction |
Small Grants in 2016:
Catherine Clarke
(University College London) |
Environment, Development and Industrial Oil Palm in Southern Cameroon |
Sarah-Louise Decrausaz
(University of Cambridge) |
Bringing to bear: a morphometric, longitudinal and biocultural examination of pelvic growth and the obstetric dilemma |
Jitendra Gouda
(International Institute for Population Sciences, India) |
Respectful Maternity Care: An assessment of differently managed health institutions in Odisha |
Madeleine Gupta-Wright
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Eliminating Trachoma in Malawi: a biosocial perspective |
Tamara Mulenga
(Brighton and Sussex Medical School) |
Barriers to health reporting in Zambia and the influence of new media: in-depth interview study with Zambian journalists |
Patricia Ndugga
(University of Southampton) |
Fertility preferences among postpartum women in Uganda |
PhD Grants in 2015: None
Small Grants in 2015:
Tina Andersson
(University of Cambridge) |
The cultural values and social institutions that shape conservation partnerships in Fiji: the case of marine managed areas |
Sophie Hedges
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Difficult Decisions: Rural livelihoods, child work and parental investment in education |
Alison Simmance
(University of Southampton) |
Sustainable livelihoods: the value of small scale aquaculture to food and nutritional security in Malawi |
Fiona Simmance
(University of Southampton) |
The role of small-scale inland capture fisheries for food security in Malawi |
PhD Grants in 2014: None
Small Grants in 2014:
Fergus Byrne
(University College London) |
Free Prior Informed Consent and Community Measuring, Reporting and Verification (C-MRV) in the North Rupununi: An ethnographic analysis of the dissemination of information and Makushi perspectives on REDD+ |
Judith Cirac Claveras
(University College London) |
The impacts of rural out-migration on farming activities of households left behind in Concepción Tutuapa, San Marcos Department, Guatemala |
Emily Hockenhull
(University of Westminster) |
Assessing attitudes of women towards breastfeeding and the effect that female community health volunteers have on practices in rural Nepal |
Divya Kumari
(International Institute for Population Sciences, India) |
Role of inter-spousal communication in reproductive behaviour: a study of rural Bihar |
Barbara Mutedzi
(Durham University) |
What is preventing children, adolescents and their caregivers from accessing and sustaining HIV/AIDS care; and what is preventing health personnel from providing adequate HIV/AIDS care? |
Rodrigo Retamal Yermani
(University of Cambridge) |
Regional implications of the effect of fast growth over weight/height index in Chilean pre-schoolers |
Aisha Dasgupta
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Contraceptive switching and discontinuation: what is the role of health care providers in northern Malawi? |
PhD Grants in 2013:
Georgina Pearson
(London School of Economics and Political Science) |
Understanding patterns of health and disease among fisherfolk in north-west Uganda |
Small Grants in 2013:
Jesman Chintsanya
(University of Southampton) |
Fertility dynamics and contraceptive use in Malawi |
Gillian Conquest
(University College London) |
Exploring the impacts of digital information communication technologies (ICTs) on local communities' participation in forest resource management in the Republic of Congo |
Dalia Iskander
(Durham University) |
Adolescents as malaria health promoting actors in Bataraza: a school-based health education project using Photovoice |
Amie Kamanda
(University of Southampton) |
Interpretations of the decline in the population of Kono District during the Sierra Leonean civil war, 1991–2002 |
Chung Liu
(University College London) |
The social life of birds: Wapishana indigenous knowledge and community conservation in the South Rupununi, Guyana |
Melissa Paintoux
(University College London) |
Impact of international male migration on left-behind women's marital and reproductive strategies in a Senegalese town |
Miriam Westervelt
(University College London) |
Gendered perceptions of forest loss, livelihood shift, and natural resource decision-making among users of the “Forest of the Lost Child” (Naimina Enkiyio) in southern Kenya: 1975–present |
PhD Grants in 2012: None
Small Grants in 2012:
Rachel Bennett
(University of Southampton) |
Understanding children’s migration experiences in rural South Africa |
Federico de Luca
(University of Southampton) |
Investigating health care workers’ knowledge about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
Gita Kasthala
(University College London) |
Assessing the biological and cultural values of large highland lakes in Papua, Indonesia |
Megan Ledger
(University of Southampton) |
Exploring the impact of a sociocultural family planning intervention in Saint-Louis, Senegal: a local perspective |
Loes Loning
(University College London) |
Sexuality and knowledge of reproductive health at primary and middle-schools in South-East Madagascar |
David Sabogal Habedank
(University College London) |
The impacts of internal migration on indigenous land tenure systems, and the implications for REDD initiatives in Madre de Dios, Peru |
Christopher Williams
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) |
“What is the nature of your emergency?”: an evaluation of the use of mobile phones in delivering emergency and obstetric health care to a remote population in Eastern Uganda |
PhD Grants in 2011:
*Shared Grant
Devanshi Chanchani
(University of East Anglia) |
What are the drivers of under nutrition for poor communities in rural India? |
Eva Luksaite
(Brunel University) |
The intimate state: female sterilisation, citizenship and the body in North India |
Small Grants in 2011:
Elisabetta Bizzarri
(University College London) |
Determinants of the feasibility of bushmeat alternatives in Equatorial Guinea |
Jessica Friswell
(University College London) |
Indigenous mapping in southern Cameroon: negotiating resource access with forest peoples |
Shona Horter
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Assessing home based treatment and care of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Kitgum, Uganda |
Kaushlendra Kumar
(International Institute for Population Sciences, India) |
Preventing maternal deaths in Uttar Pradesh, India |
David Lawrence
(University of Durham) |
The effects of peer-led Sex and Relationship Education on sexual behaviours in Uganda |
Nicolas Montalva
(University College London) |
Lactase persistence and milking practices in common goat herders of the semi-arid region of Chile |
Baasanjav Terbish
(University of Cambridge) |
Demographic movements in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia |
PhD Grants in 2010:
Joshua Mendelsohn
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Adherence to HAART in refugees and surrounding host communities in Malaysia and Kenya
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Small Grants in 2010:
Michael Callaghan
(Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada) |
Gender dynamics of antiretroviral therapy in Namibia |
Olivia Down
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Diverse uses of anti-malaria bednets: outcomes and determinants |
Clara Greenwood
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Ethno-veterinary investigation of tick-killing methods in Swaziland; the role of ticks in disease and potential human health risks |
Alexey Kruk
(Department of Public Health, University of Oxford) |
Prevalence and risk factors for HIV and viral hepatitis B and C among adults in a Russian penitentiary facility |
Nalin Singh Negi
(Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India) |
Impact of male out-migration on women left behind in rural Uttarakhand |
Divya Tiwari
(Centre for Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) |
Delays in receiving maternal health care after obstetric complications in rural Uttar Pradesh |
PhD Grants in 2009:
Laura Ferguson
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Access to HIV care for women testing HIV positive in maternity services: missed opportunities
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Small Grants in 2009:
Ambika Aiyadurai
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Women, wildlife and woodland in Mishmi society, an indigenous tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India |
Helen Cross
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Marine species richness, extraction and use in a small island West African state |
Paul Narh Doku
(Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow) |
Mental health of HIV/AIDS orphaned and vulnerable children in Ghana |
Sujata Ganguly
(International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai, India) |
Consequences of male migration on lives of women left behind: a study of rural Uttar Pradesh |
Meghna Gupta
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Investigating household consumption, waste and re-use in India |
Jennifer Holden
(Department of Medical Anthropology, University of Sussex) |
‘Smaller family’ communications in Rwanda: the factors driving messages and their impact on fertility decisions |
Sandra Dong-Hee Hwang
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) |
Meanings of ‘empowerment’ in the context of HIV interventions with sex workers: a qualitative study of Ashodaya organization in Mysore, India |
Sonal Mobar
(Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Stigma against HIV/AIDS and its impact on testing and treatment seeking behaviour among people living with tuberculosis in Ladakh region of J&K state in India |
Adaoma Wosu
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Effects of tourism and conservation on intertidal resource users |
PhD Grants in 2008: None
Small Grants in 2008:
Claire Bedelian
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Community conservation in pastoral lands in Kenya |
Christine Carter
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Success and failure of Marine Protected Areas in East Africa |
Bright Drah
(Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada) |
Fostering and HIV/AIDS: experiences of queenmothers in Ghana |
Amanda Mitchell
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Small-scale cultivation of a bio-fuel crop in Tanzania |
Soumya Mohanty
(International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai, India) |
Female migrants and reproductive tract infections in Mumbai |
Hannah Parathian
(Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University) |
Human-wildlife interactions among Tikuma Indians of Colombia |
Bjorn Schulte-Herbruggen
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Role of bushmeat in livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Ghana |
Rebecca Welling
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Livelihood strategies of women in a cocoa farming village in Ghana |
PhD Grants in 2007:
Mwenza Blell
(Department of Anthropology, University of Durham) |
Experience of menopause among British Pakistani women in West Yorkshire |
Rosie Mayston
(Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London) |
Mental health and HIV-related service use in Goa, India |
Small Grants in 2007:
Carolina Comandulli
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Effect of legal change in Brazil on land tenure and resource access |
Jamie Copsey
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Land cover change and community based resource management in Madagascar |
Shakti Lamba
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Development of cooperative norms in human societies |
Rebecca Langford
(Department of Anthropology, University of Durham) |
Impact of hand washing on child health in Nepal |
Marie-Annick Moreau
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Role of aquatic resources in rural livelihoods in Tanzania |
Manas Pradhan
(International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai, India) |
Gender, sexuality and reproductive health of young people in Puri, India |
Graham Wallace
(Department of Anthropology & Geography, Oxford Brookes University) |
Reduction of farmer and wildlife crop-raiding conflict in Uganda |
Small Grants in 2006:
Kristin Klingaman
(Department of Anthropology, University of Durham) |
Infant care after caesarean section delivery |
Ekisa Ayarra
(School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton) |
Fertility transition in Kenya |
Sudeshna Ghosh
(International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India) |
Young married women’s reproductive health in rural West Bengal |
Sophie Haines
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Livelihoods, culture and land distribution in southern Belize |
Laura Jones
(Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University) |
Pubertal development in urban South African adolescents |
Susan Kasedde
(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
Influence of HIV on fostering in households in rural Uganda |
David Lawson
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Sibling competition for family resources, child development, and fertility |
Grazyna Liczbinska
(Department of Anthropology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland) |
Mortality among Roman Catholics and Lutherans in C19 Poznan |
Imon Sultana
(Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge) |
Iron supplementation, deworming and cognitive function in Bangladeshi children |
Gretchen Walters
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Savanna resource use: traditional ecology and conservation practice in Gabon |
Small Grants in 2005:
Rebecca Drury
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Changing socioeconomic patterns and wildlife trade in rural Cambodia |
Mohua Guha
(International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India) |
Health consequences of arsenic pollution in West Bengal |
Frances Hansford
(Department of International Development, University of Oxford) |
Discrimination in intra-household food distribution in rural Brazil |
Tatyana Intigrinova
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Local resource use practices and economic change in Buryatia |
Pieta Nasanen
(Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University) |
Indoor air pollution and respiratory disease in Bangladesh |
Giovanni Orlando
(Department of Anthropology, University College London) |
Biodiversity conservation policy and livelihood in rural Uganda |
Abhishek Singh
(International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India) |
Male involvement in reproductive health in Maharashtra State, India |
Chiedra Zingoni
(Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University) |
Nutrition transition among adolescents in Soweto, Johannesburg |
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