This symposium will present research which explores the intersection between culture and medicine among indigenous communities in Mexico, Central and South America.  Join us for an inspiring morning of presentations by anthropologists and clinicians about traditional medicine beliefs and practices, and access to Westernized health care in Latin America. 

PRESENTERS:

Kevin Terraciano, Ph.D. Director(Interim)-UCLA Latin American Institute

Reza  Jarrahy, M.D. UCLA Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery &Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine

Bonnie Taub, Ph.D. UCLA Latin American Studies, Chair (Interim), Anthropology & Fielding School of Public Health

Tricia Gabany-Guerrero,Ph.D. CSU Fullerton-Anthropology

Oscar Gil-Garcia,Ph.D. UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoc Fellow-Anthropology

Leon Garcia, Jessie Vallejo & Scott Linford   Ethnomusicology, UCLA

Jennifer Guzman, Ph.D. Anthropology; Family Medicine