Linda M. Hunt is a professor of anthropology specializing in Medical anthropology at Michigan State University. [1] She teaches and researches on Medical Anthropology, Minority Health Research, and Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology. [2] [3] She has been researching issues related to diabetes management, the use race and genetics in clinical care, and pharmaceuticalization, among others. [4]
Biography
She graduated from Wayne State University and Harvard University. [5]
Research
Hunt has performed various research projects focusing on clinical medicine and minority health care in both the United States and Mexico. Her latest research has been on clinical understandings of genetic risk, management of chronic illness, [6] racial/ethnic identities in clinical situations, and health care reform. [7] Her research also investigates low-income individuals' access to health care and the impact of economic interests on clinical medicine.
Most cited publications [8]
- LM Hunt, S Schneider, B Comer -"Should “acculturation” be a variable in health research? A critical review of research on US Hispanics" Social science & medicine, 2004. Google Scholar
- LM Hunt, MA Valenzuela, JA Pugh - "NIDDM patients' fears and hopes about insulin therapy: the basis of patient reluctance" Diabetes Care, 1997.
- P Sankar, MK Cho, CM Condit, LM Hunt "Genetic research and health disparities", JAMA, 2004.
See also
References
- ^ - Linda Hunt - Professor. Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hunt, LM; Truesdell, ND; Kreiner, MJ (2013). "Genes, race, and culture in clinical care: racial profiling in the management of chronic illness". Med Anthropol Q. 27 (2): 253–71. doi: 10.1111/maq.12026. PMC 4362784. PMID 23804331.
- ^ Linda M Hunt - Michigan State University - SciVal Experts 4.6 Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pharmacogenetics in Primary Care: The Promise of Personalized Medicine and the Reality of Racial Profiling - Springer
- ^ "Dr. Linda Hunt Retires from the Department". 23 August 2020.
- ^ Hunt, Linda M.; Arar, Nedal H. (2008-01-08). "An Analytical Framework for Contrasting Patient and Provider Views of the Process of Chronic Disease Management". Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 15 (3): 347–367. doi: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.3.347. ISSN 0745-5194. PMID 11693036.
- ^ Bell, Hannah S.; Odumosu, Funmi; Martinez-Hume, Anna C.; Howard, Heather A.; Hunt, Linda M. (2019-04-03). "Racialized Risk in Clinical Care: Clinician Vigilance and Patient Responsibility". Medical Anthropology. 38 (3): 224–238. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2018.1476508. ISSN 0145-9740. PMC 6298860. PMID 29912575.
- ^ Linda M Hunt - Michigan State University - SciVal Experts 4.6 Archived 2015-12-19 at the Wayback Machine