Biological Anthropologist, Human Biologist, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington. Living on the Atlantic while researching the Pacific
Joined March 2016
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Michaela Howells retweeted
Could study abroad or field school be good for your health? Yes! Even w/o gyms students took more steps & burned more calories during fieldwork than traditional classrooms. @humanbiohowells @UNCWilmington @uncw_anthro @UNCWStudyAbroad @ECUAbroad #fieldwork
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12 Sep 2022
Glad to see our most recent research on tattooing and immunity published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology!
23 Aug 2022
New article alert! "Psychoneuroimmunology & Tattooing" out now in Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology! "The psychological and physical experience of being tattooed may contribute to physiological adaptations that prepare the skin for other injury." link.springer.com/article/10…
Michaela Howells retweeted
6 Sep 2022
New article out from collaboration between the @BaylorAnthro Muehlenbein Lab, @Chris_Ly, and others! Have a tattoo? Wonder if it can be physiologically advantageous? Check this out. Interesting preliminary work! #tattoos #physiology #biocultural #anthropology
23 Aug 2022
New article alert! "Psychoneuroimmunology & Tattooing" out now in Adaptive Human Behavior & Physiology! "The psychological and physical experience of being tattooed may contribute to physiological adaptations that prepare the skin for other injury." link.springer.com/article/10…
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Michaela Howells retweeted
12 Jun 2018
Our article on dual burden of Zika & chronic disease is out & open access in "Biology of the Pacific" special issues of Annals of Human Biology! w/ Michaela Howells & Lesley Jo Weaver tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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30 Mar 2018
Motherhood in the time of Zika x.com/SMyers1983/status/8586…
30 Apr 2017
Photographing mtherhood in the time of Zika bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-lati…
20 Dec 2016
Thank you Dr. Rahael for linking formula sales to high infant mortality rates in impoverished developing nations.
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5 Dec 2016
Don't let the bathroom door hit you on the way out.....
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Michaela Howells retweeted
3 Dec 2016
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23 Nov 2016
#UNCW Prof. Michaela Howells is featured in this @nbcnews report on #Zika prevention efforts in American Samoa. nbcnews.to/2fnhm91
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Michaela Howells retweeted
23 Nov 2016
Cultural factors complicate #Zika prevention in American Samoa nbcnews.to/2fnhm91 my story on @nbcnews covering @humanbiohowells
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Michaela Howells retweeted
18 Nov 2016
All the cool kids go to the business meeting. Such as the amazing @HumanBioHowells
#basaaa #amanth2016
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Michaela Howells retweeted
18 Nov 2016
Need more community participatory research models in biocultural research ala Lance Gravlee #AAA2016 #basaaa 1/3 @HumanBioHowells
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Michaela Howells retweeted
18 Nov 2016
Need this in AS, increase local buy-in & train local in critical methods, prepare them for US colleges #basaaa #AAA2016 @HumanBioHowells 2/2
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Michaela Howells retweeted
18 Nov 2016
Zika in Amer Samoa/biosocial inheritance model, how inequality increases risk transfer across generations #basaaa #aaa2016 @HumanBioHowells
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Michaela Howells retweeted
18 Nov 2016
.@HumanBioHowells Pointed out clearly that we're talking about ecology or landscape of risk via disease @Anthrofuentes #basaaa #AAA2016
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