Giorgia Kerr
Job Title
PhD Student
Research interests
Research interests
Medical anthropology, Value, Innovation in biotechnology, Patient activism, Bioeconomics, Clinical research, Anthropology of pharmaceuticals
Background
Education
University of Melbourne – BA (Hons.) Anthropology (2012-2015)
University of Edinburgh – MScR Medical Anthropology (2017-2018)
University of Edinburgh – PhD Social Anthropology (2020 - )
Funding
Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship (2020-2023)
Conference presentations
‘Multi-sited meaning-making, alienation, and (bio)value in genetic testing for Huntington's disease: A methodological critique of medical anthropology’ – Australia Anthropological Society Conference 2018
‘Value in open science pharmaceutical innovation: The collective development of novel treatments for Huntington’s disease’ – American Anthropological Association/Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Meeting 2023
Supervisors:
Dr Stefan Ecks
Prof Steve Sturdy