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Appointed Faculty
Medical Anthropology & Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Fletcher, North Carolina
Bayla Ostrach, PhD, MA, CIP (they/them) is an applied medical anthropologist conducting community-based research on Harm Reduction, substance use, and structural and policy factors in drug user health in Southern Appalachia. Dr. Ostrach is appointed faculty in Medical Anthropology and Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, a Visiting Research-Scholar-in-Residence in the Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and a Board Member of Musicians for Overdose Prevention. Dr. Ostrach conducts periodic fieldwork on inclusive nationalism and protective health effects of social support with Castellers in Catalunya and is the author of "Health Policy in a Time of Crisis: Abortion, Austerity, and Access" (Routledge).
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET