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
University of Edinburgh – MScR Medical Anthropology
University of Edinburgh – PhD Social Anthropology
Funding
Wellcome Trust Doctoral Studentship (2020-2023)
Conference presentations
Kerr, G. (2018). Multi-sited meaning-making, alienation, and (bio)value in genetic testing for Huntington's disease: a methodological critique of medical anthropology. December 5, 2018. Australia Anthropological Society Conference, Cairns, Australia.
Kerr, G. (2023). Value in open science pharmaceutical innovation: The collective development of novel treatments for Huntington’s disease. November 16, 2023. American Anthropological Association/Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Kerr, G. (2024). Tominersen on trial: The ambivalence of novel therapeutics in ongoing clinical trials. July 25, 2024. European Association of Social Anthropologists, Barcelona, Catalonia.
Supervisors:
Dr Stefan Ecks
Prof Steve Sturdy