When Duke professor Charlie Nunn, Ph.D., first visited Madagascar in 2007 as a research scientist with the Max Planck Institute, he was there for the wildlife: from long-fingered lemurs to neon-green geckos to tiny pink snakes, the forests are teeming with animals that can only be found in that part of the world.

Now, more than fifteen years later, Nunn is still in awe of the country’s wildlife. But the professor of evolutionary anthropology, who also serves as the Gosnell Family Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), has followed a calling to help another population living there: its people.

Ready more about Charlie’s research in Madagascar here.