Contact: amalia@singho.net

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I have graduate degrees in Anthropology (Ph.D., 2014) and Behavioral and Community Health Sciences (M.PH., 2014) from the University of Pittsburgh, and International Development and Social Change (M.A., 2005) from Clark University. I received an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (B.A., 2000) and a Licentiate in Anthropology (Lic., 2002) from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. I have obtained a Certificate in Latin American Social and Public Policy (Cert., 2014) from the University of Pittsburgh.

My fields of interest are Medical Anthropology, Global Health, Participatory Research, Intercultural health services, and Community Development in Latin America. I am interested in the connections between colonialism, international development, indigenous knowledge, the changing relations of indigenous people and the nation-state, and the perceptions of minority communities in different national contexts.

My dissertation research Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Intercultural Nurse Technicians in the Peruvian Amazon is based on a year's fieldwork in Atalaya (Ucayali) in the Peruvian Amazon (more details below). My MPH thesis is titled Taking Care of Undocumented Children: How Parents and Providers Secure Health Care for Uninsured Latino Children in a New Growth Community is based on fieldwork conducted in Pittsburgh, USA (more details below).

I am currently a National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYTEC) postdoctoral fellow at CRONICAS (Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases) at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). This fellowship has given me the opportunity to understand health problems from different perspectives and is enabling me to develop research projects based on the health systems approach. I am also a Consultant for Salud Sin Límites Perú where I provide technical assistance for projects related to intercultural health services for indigenous people and the development of inclusive primary health care models.

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