School of Social and Political Science

Giorgia Kerr

Job Title

PhD Student

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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

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