Claudia Valeggia
432 University Museum
University of Pennsylvania
3260 South St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398
Human reproductive ecology; reproductive physiology; human life history; ethnopediatrics; biocultural perspectives on sexual and reproductive health; health of Latin American indigenous people. My work is primarily concerned with the interactions between human reproductive biology and the ecological and cultural context in which it develops. My research program takes a biocultural approach, that is, the interplay between biology and culture takes a central role in interpreting reproductive patterns. Some of the topics I have explored are the determinants of the return to postpartum fecundity, the variation in reproductive hormonal levels within and between women in relation to environmental variables, growth and development patterns in breastfed infants, and variation in male and female life history in populations experiencing drastic lifestyle changes.
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2005 – Present Francis E. Johnston Term Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
2007 – Present Research Associate, Center for Native American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
2005 – Present Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
2002 – 2005 Director, Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology Program, Department of Anthropology, Reproductive Ecology Laboratory, Harvard University, U.S.A.
1998 – present Researcher, Centro del Hombre Antiguo Chaqueño, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina.
1998 – 2002 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Reproductive Ecology Laboratory, Harvard University, U.S.A.
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