Hi everyone! I’m Dr. Josh Snodgrass and I’m your professor for the Paging Dr. Darwin FIG class, as well as the ANTH 175 (Evolutionary Medicine)course. I’m excited to be teaching this FIG again and really excited about things starting to return to some sense of normality!

I’m originally from San Francisco but moved around the country (Florida, Chicago, and Washington DC) for graduate school before landing at UO 16 years ago (where does time go?!).I really enjoy being here in Eugene as it’s a nice mix of smallish town and bigger city, and UO is a nice combination of a small college and a large university. I particularly like how close we are to such amazing natural beauty. I personally love the coast most of all (especially Newport) but I also really enjoy local hikes such as Spencer Butte that are so close yet also so incredibly beautiful. I love to spend time outdoors with my 11 year old daughter Fiona and my adorable yet crazy German Shepherd named Elixir.

You’ll learn a lot about my research over the term.As a major research university, UO is well-positioned to infuse the classes you take with cutting-edge research. One of the goals of this FIG is to connect you with research opportunities at UO.

My research is in global health, including work on how social and environmental factors influence health and well-being. I’ve been lucky enough to work on every continent (not including Antarctica), including conducting my dissertation research in Russia and co-directing a project in the Amazon region of Ecuador. And I’ve worked extensively with the WHO--we are currently preparing to launch a giant new study called the World Health Survey Plus (WHS+). I also run a molecular biology lab--the Global Health Biomarker Laboratory--that specializes in developing new minimally invasive techniques (e.g.,from finger prick blood, urine, saliva, or hair) for measuring health and physiology in population-level research.

The FIG and the Evolutionary Medicine classes will spend quite a bit of time focusing on COVID and also on the topic of the dysregulation of the immune system. We will talk about how factors such as diet and the microbiome influence the immune system and have downstream effects on health conditions as varied as cardiovascular disease,allergies, and depression.

To learn more about my research, check out my website: https://www.pinniped.net/snodgrass.html

And check out my teaching page to learn more about my classes and my mentoring: https://www.pinniped.net/snodgrassteaching.html

Have a wonderful summer and see you soon!  

Email: jjosh@uoregon.edu

Hi everyone! My name is Rosa Taylor and I’m going to be your FIG assistant for the Paging Doctor Darwin FIG.I can’t wait to meet and get to know everyone this fall but until then here's a little bit about myself so you can get to know me better.

I was born in Seattle, Washington so I’ve always loved the Pacific Northwest and being outdoors.I lived there until I was about 14 and then ended up moving across the world to go to high school in Milan, Italy. After I graduated my parents moved back to my mom’s hometown which is a small city called Weinheimin, West Germany.I grew up speaking German with my family but also picked up fluent Italian through my time in Italy and some mediocre Spanish through school.I ended up returning to the Pacific Northwest for college because I wanted to be closer to some of my older American family members and friends as well as the beautiful scenery the PNW has to offer and found myself hereat the UniversityofOregon.I am going into my Junior year here at UO majoring in Human Physiology and minoring in Anthropology, so Evolutionary Medicine is something I am very passionate about and hope to pursue further through undergrad research and even grad school.I have two cats named Honey and DJ who live with me here in Oregon, and at the ripe old age of 20 I already consider myself a crazy cat lady. In my free time I love to cultivate my garden of houseplants as well as do literally any outdoor  activity(hiking,biking,swimming,you name it.)I also love to paint and while I doubt you’ll be seeing any of my stuff in an art gallery it certainly decorates my home beautifully.I hope to host both weekly study sessions as well as activities for everyone to participate in throughout the term so we can all get to know each other better and hopefully form some bonds! If you want to get in contact with me for any reason feel free to shoot me an email. I look forward to meeting everyone and hope everyone has a great summer and start to fall term! 

Email: rosat@uoregon.edu