Marissa Mika

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Doctoral Candidate
Entered 2008
M.H.S. in International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
B.A. in Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Contact Information
Email Address: 
mmika@sas.upenn.edu
Research Interests: 

For the past year, I have been conducting historical and ethnographic fieldwork on the history of how cancer research initiatives have shaped the infrastructure and practice of cancer care in Uganda since the 1950s. My current research is supported by the Social Science Research Council. Other research interests include technologies of mobility and the history of medical waste. When I am not "in the field," I can be found cooking elaborate dinners with my spouse, practicing yoga, and keeping up with friends who are now scattered on three continents.