 Michael Westerhaus, MD spent time during his second and fourth years of medical school conducting anthropological research at an internally displaced people’s camp in northern Uganda. In speaking to the patients there, he learned that social, economic and political context profoundly shape one’s encounter with disease. Utilizing the tools of social analysis that he developed while studying medical anthropology, Dr. Westerhaus intends to continue to merge international clinical work in infectious disease with research on the relationship between social disparities and disease prevalence. Through his participation in the Global Health Equity Residency, Dr. Westerhaus seeks to develop his ability to advocate for the poor and ameliorate suffering due to treatable disease through the provision of care in partnership with healthcare workers in resource-poor settings. Dr. Westerhaus earned his BA in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis in 1998, his Master’s in Medical Anthropology from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2005 and his MD from Harvard Medical School in 2006. His research experience includes a study of global health policy with Partners In Health (PIH) and a study examining the social factors connected with TB treatment failure at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu, Uganda. |
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