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Research Team

Courtney Meehan, PhD

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Washington State University


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Michelle (Shelley) McGuire, PhD

Director and Professor
Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho


Melanie Martin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Washington
Sylvia Ley, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University
Mark McGuire, PhD

University Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean of Research
Director of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Idaho
Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Research
Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane

Eleanor Brindle

Biodemography Director
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
University of Washington
Dan T. A. Eisenberg, PhD

Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Washington
Janet Williams, PhD

Senior Research Scientist
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Idaho
Ryan Pace, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | McGuire Laboratory
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
Kimberly Lackey, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | McGuire Laboratory
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
Alex Gogel, Graduate Student

Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
Beatrice Caffé, Graduate Student

Evolutionary Anthropology
Washington State University
Ali Navarrete

Medical Student, Year 2
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Washington State University
Melissa Siebach, Graduate Student

Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University