Faculty are actively engaged in research on embodiment and affect (Ness, McMullin, Harvey, Ossman, Taube, Schwenkel, Gailey); critical medical anthropology; bio- and ethnomedicine (Lee, Harvey, McMullin); biology and longevity (Lee); health and inequality (McMullin, Gailey, Harvey); language and health care (Harvey); trauma, healing and recovery (Harvey; Schwenkel, Gailey).