Introduction
Dr. Sera Young (www.serayoung.org) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health at Northwestern University. Dr. Young has a PhD in International Nutrition from Cornell University and a Master's in Medical Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. She draws on her training to take a biocultural approach to understanding how mothers, especially in low-resource settings, cope to preserve their health and that of their families. Most recently, she has led efforts to develop the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale, a cross-culturally valid tool to measure household water insecurity (http://hwise.org). She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and received funding from NSF, NIH, and UKAID among others. Awards include an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship (2019) and the Margaret Mead Award for her book about pica, Craving Earth.
Expert
Dr. Sera Young (www.serayoung.org) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Health at Northwestern University. Dr. Young has a PhD in International Nutrition from Cornell University and a Master's in Medical Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. She draws on her training to take a biocultural approach to understanding how mothers, especially in low-resource settings, cope to preserve their health and that of their families. Most recently, she has led efforts to develop the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale, a cross-culturally valid tool to measure household water insecurity (http://hwise.org). She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and received funding from NSF, NIH, and UKAID among others. Awards include an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship (2019) and the Margaret Mead Award for her book about pica, Craving Earth.
Fields of expertise: Agriculture and rural development, Culture, Gender equality, Health and wellbeing, Water and sanitation