The COVID-19 pandemic won't be our last&md ash\;because what makes us vulnerable to pandemics also makes us human. Th at is the uncomfortable but all-too-timely message of \;The Human Dise ase: How We Create Pandemics\, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs\, which trav els through history and around the globe to examine how and why pandemics are an inescapable threat of our own making. Drawing on dozens of discipli nes&mdash\;from medicine\, epidemiology\, and microbiology to anthropology \, sociology\, ecology\, and neuroscience&mdash\;as well as a unique exper tise in public education about emerging infectious diseases\, biological a nthropologist Sabrina Sholts identifies the human traits and tendencies th at double as pandemic liabilities\, from the anatomy that defines us to th e misperceptions that divide us.
\nWeaving together a wealth of pers onal experiences\, scientific findings\, and historical stories\, Sholts b rings dramatic and much-needed clarity to one of the most profound challen ges we face as a species. Though the COVID-19 pandemic looms large in Shol ts's account\, it is\, in fact\, just one of the many infectious disease e vents explored in \;The Human Disease. With its expansive\, evolutiona ry perspective\, the book explains how humanity will continue to face new pandemics because \;humans cause them\, by the ways that we are and th e things that we do. By recognizing our risks\, Sholts suggests\, we can t ake actions to reduce them. When the next pandemic happens\, and how bad i t becomes\, are largely within our highly capable human hands&mdash\;and w ill be determined by what we do with our extraordinary human brains. A pre sentation you don&rsquo\;t want to miss\, register now!
\nAb out the Author
\nSabrina Sholts is a biological anthropolog ist and Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National M useum of Natural History (NMNH). Her research explores intersections of hu man\, animal\, and environmental health in the past and present. She recei ved her PhD in Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara and was a postdoctoral res earcher at UC Berkeley in Integrative Biology and at Stockholm University in Biophysics and Biochemistry. Sholts has published widely in academic jo urnals including \;American Journal of Biological Anthropology\, \ ;Environmental Health Perspectives\, \;JAMA\, PNAS\, \;Scientific Reports\, \;Proceedings of the Royal Society B\, and \;Nature Ecol ogy &\; Evolution\, and written for popular audiences in \;Scientif ic American \;and \;Smithsonian Magazine. She was named as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist in 2019. In addition\, she was Lead Curato r of the exhibition \;Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World \;a t the NMNH \;(2018-2022) and a scientific advisor for the related exhi bition \;É\;pidé\;mies: \;Prendre soin du vivant \ ;at the musé\;e des Confluences in Lyon\, France \;(2024-2025).< /p>\n
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