Katharina Rynkiewich

Katharina Rynkiewich

PhD Candidate, Washington University in St. LouisAAA Member Since 2011 | SMA Member Since 2013

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"Anthropology challenges me to appreciate the multitude of ways we engage with microbes and medicines in this world. I am a medical anthropologist examining antibiotic resistance and the use of antibiotics in the United States. The particular methods and theories of medical anthropology are essential to understanding the social, cultural, historical, and political overlays in the prescribing practices of hospital-based physicians. I am AAA."