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Medical anthropology

Summary

Dr Anjalee Cohen joined the anthropology department in 2010 following research positions at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. She specialises in medical anthropology and Northern Thailand. She has published on youth mental healthcare experiences in Australia, methamphetamine use among northern Thai youth, as well as northern Thai youth subcultures, including violent youth gangs. She is author of Youth Culture and Identity in Northern Thailand: Fitting in and sticking out (London & New York: Routledge, 2020), which explores how young people in urban Chiang Mai construct a sense of community and identity at the intersection of global capitalism, national ideologies and local culture. Her current research focuses on the role and success of Thailand’s village health volunteers in preventing and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supervisor

Dr Anjalee Cohen.

Research location

Anthropology, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS)

Synopsis

Research interests

  • Social change in contemporary Thailand
  • Thai youth culture and gangs
  • Medical anthropology
  • Drug use across cultures
  • Maternal and child health

 

Additional information

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3194