The Evolution of an Evolutionary Biologist

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.

Miranda Metz: 2020 Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Global Health

May 8th, 2020: Miranda Metz is a 2020 recipient of the Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Global Health from the Duke Global Health Institute. This award recognized graduating students from the undergraduate global health major who excelled in the classroom and in fieldwork. The awarded recipients demonstrated a strong commitment to global health and health equity through extracurricular activities and leadership.

Miranda has been an important undergraduate team member for the Madagascar Health and Conservation team. She conducted more than 250 household surveys, designed and led focus groups, and supported health data collection in past Bass Connection trips. Congratulations, Miranda!

 

Read more about the 2020 Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Global Health from the Duke Global Health Institute here.

Cournti France is a 2019 Recipient of a Bass Connections Student Research Awards

May 1st, 2019: Meet the 2019 Recipients of Bass Connections Student Research Awards

Master’s student, Courtni France, receives a 2019 Bass Connections Student Research Award. Her project will focus on how sustainable vanilla certification programs, which offer health insurance benefits to farmers, may reduce burdens related to access of healthcare and promote sustainable agriculture. Read more about Cournti’s project here.

Mammals, Diseases, and the Human Dimension: Collaborative Research in Madagascar

November 12, 2018: Mammals, Diseases, and the Human Dimension: Collaborative Research in Madagascar

Dr. James Herrera writes about his experience of successfully leading the Summer 2018 Bass Connections project  in Madagascar, along with his co-leaders Dr. Charles Nunn and Dr. Randall Kramer. The project investigated infectious diseases of native small mammals and how disease transmission relates to species dynamics. Read about the successful trip here.

Student Research Makes the Case for Improved Cookstoves

 

October 16th, 2018: Student Research Makes the Case for Improved Cookstoves

Duke Bass Connections featured an article about our student team member, Tommy Klug, and his Bass Connections trip. Klug was a member of the 2016-2017 Madagascar Health and Conservation Team where he contributed to our research on cookstoves and air pollution in Mandena, Madagascar. Check it out here.