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Join Us!

Are you interested in how biology, culture, behavior, and evolution interact to shape human health? Join an interdisciplinary research team working on infectious disease, health disparities, and evolutionary medicine, with opportunities for publication, conference travel, and collaboration on externally funded research.

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What SHIRE Members Learn

Through classes in the Anthropology department and individual and group mentorship with Dr. Shattuck, students in the lab receive training in:

  • Research design

  • Statistics

  • Survey methods

  • Enzyme immunoassays and other wet lab techniques

  • Scientific writing

  • Grant writing

  • Data management

  • Interdisciplinary collaboration

Collaboration and Interdisciplinarity

The best science crosses disciplines and leverages individuals' unique talents and skills. The SHIRE lab collaborates with researchers and practitioners in:

  • Psychology

  • Public Health 

  • Medicine

  • Sociology

  • Cultural anthropology

  • Statistics and Mathematics​

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The Lab has national and international collaborations, including with:​

  • University of Alabama

  • University of Arkansas

  • Texas State University

  • University of Tennessee

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • University of Toronto

  • Universidad de Guadalajara

  • The Karolinska Institute

  • University of Loughborough

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Facilities and Equipment

SHIRE Lab facilities consist of a dedicated dry lab space in the Anthropology building for participant interviews and surveys, anthropometrics, lab meetings, and independent and collaborative student work. Available equipment includes:

  • Seca digital scale

  • Seca stadiometer

  • Seca measuring tapes

  • Sony digital recorders

  • iPads

  • Laptop

  • Axivity AX3 Accelerometers

  • Polar Heart Rate Monitors

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Additionally, the SHIRE Lab shares wet lab space in the Anthropology building. The wet lab is a BSL-2 facility fully equipped for enzyme immunoassays in saliva, blood, and hair samples. The SHIRE Lab works with a variety of analytes, such as cortisol, testosterone, oxytocin, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein. 

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