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James Josh Snodgrass
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
University of Florida
University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsBiological Anthropology
Institutions

James Josh Snodgrass is an American biological anthropologist[1] and professor at the University of Oregon. He is Co-Director of the university's Global Health Program and Director of the Global Health Biomarker Laboratory.[2] His work focuses on human biology, global health, and the biological impacts of social and environmental stressors.[3]He has been an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) since 2013. His work has been published in journals including American Journal of Human Biology, The Lancet, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[4]

Education

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Snodgrass received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995.[4] He earned an M.A. in Anthropology and Zoology from the University of Florida in 1998, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 2004.[5] He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago from 2004 to 2005.[6]

Career

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Snodgrass began his academic career in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he also worked as manager of the anthropology laboratories.[1] In 1996, he took part in a United Nations-sponsored human-rights mission in Croatia through Physicians for Human Rights.[7] As part of a forensic team, he helped analyze remains from a mass grave near Vukovar, contributing to war crimes investigations related to the Yugoslav Wars.[1]

Snodgrass joined the University of Oregon faculty in 2005.[2] He holds appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Food Studies and Global Health programs.[8] He co-directs the Global Health minor program and the university’s Center for Global Health. He also serves as the faculty director of the Health Sciences Academic Residential Community.[2]

He is co-director of the Shuar Health and Life History Project[8] in the Amazon region of Ecuador,[9] which began in 2007. In 2024, he became co-director of the Homelessness, Policy, and Health project based in Eugene, Oregon.[10] He has collaborated for nearly two decades with the World Health Organization on projects including the Study on global Ageing and adult health (SAGE), the Tunisian Health Examination Survey, and the World Health Survey Plus.[1]

Snodgrass was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his work in human biology, particularly in areas related to global health, nutrition, energetics, aging, and evolutionary medicine.[4]

In 2014, he was recognized in the Profiles in Excellence series at the University of Oregon for his advising and mentorship.[6] He was also named a “Scientist to Watch” by The Scientist magazine.[1]

Research

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Snodgrass’s research focuses on human biological adaptation, the health effects of social and environmental change, and the use of minimally invasive biomarkers in population health studies.[3]

From 2001 to 2015, he co-directed the Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project, which examined metabolic adaptation to cold stress and health transitions among Indigenous populations in post-Soviet Russia.[11] The project found elevated resting metabolic rates in response to cold exposure, a decline in adaptation over time, and links between subsistence practices, thyroid function, and seasonal variation.[12]

Since 2005, Snodgrass has co-led the Shuar Health and Life History Project in Ecuador.[13][9] This work investigates how economic development affects health among the Shuar, contributing findings on inflammation, bone density, immune development, and growth patterns.[8]At the University of Oregon, Snodgrass directs the Global Health Biomarker Laboratory, which develops and applies techniques such as dried blood spot, saliva, hair, and urine analysis.[14] His 2007 co-authored paper “What a drop can do” promoted wider adoption of these methods.[15]

Selected publications

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  • Snodgrass, J. Josh (2022). "Minimally invasive biomarkers in human population biology research, part 2: An introduction to the special issue". American Journal of Human Biology. 34 (11). doi:10.1002/ajhb.23822. ISSN 1042-0533.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Cossins, Dan. "Josh Snodgrass: An Adaptive Mind". The Scientist. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ a b c "James Josh Snodgrass, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon". www.pinniped.net. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  3. ^ a b "UO anthropologist: Health of northern natives face climate, economic risks". News Archive. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  4. ^ a b c Jim Barlow, University of Oregon (2013-12-05). "UO's Snodgrass and Stevens elected as AAAS Fellows". oregonlive. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  5. ^ "UO anthropologist Snodgrass is a 'Scientist to Watch'". OregonNews. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  6. ^ a b "Anthropologist Josh Snodgrass featured in faculty profile series". OregonNews. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  7. ^ Janković, Ivor; Komšo, Darko; Ahern, James C.M.; Becker, Rory; Gerometta, Katarina; Weinstock, Jacobo; Barbir, Antonela; Vukosavljević, Nikola; Cvitkušić, Barbara; Zubčić, Krunoslav; Mihelić, Sanjin; Smith, Fred H. (2017-09-20). "New research on the Late Pleistocene in the Lim Channel, Istria". Antiquity. 91 (359). doi:10.15184/aqy.2017.170. ISSN 0003-598X.
  8. ^ a b c "High immune function tied to stunted growth". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  9. ^ a b "Gavan Lecture: Integrating evolutionary and biocultural perspectives to study stress, growth, and health among Shuar forager-horticulturalists of Amazonian Ecuador | Anthropology". anthropology.missouri.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  10. ^ Houston, Henry. "Student researchers investigate health impact of insecure housing | College of Arts and Sciences". cas.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  11. ^ Josh Snodgrass, J. (2013-10-21). "Health of Indigenous Circumpolar Populations". Annual Review of Anthropology. 42 (1): 69–87. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-092412-155517. ISSN 0084-6570.
  12. ^ Leonard, William R.; Snodgrass, J. Josh; Sorensen, Mark V. (2005-10-01). "METABOLIC ADAPTATION IN INDIGENOUS SIBERIAN POPULATIONS". Annual Review of Anthropology. 34 (1): 451–471. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.34.081804.120558. ISSN 0084-6570.
  13. ^ DeLouize, Alicia M.; Liebert, Melissa A.; Madimenos, Felicia C.; Urlacher, Samuel S.; Schrock, Joshua M.; Cepon‐Robins, Tara J.; Gildner, Theresa E.; Blackwell, Aaron D.; Harrington, Christopher J.; Amir, Dorsa; Bribiescas, Richard G.; Snodgrass, James Josh; Sugiyama, Lawrence S. (2022). "Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador". American Journal of Human Biology. 34 (1). doi:10.1002/ajhb.23590. ISSN 1042-0533.
  14. ^ "The Global Health Biomarker Laboratory (formerly the Snodgrass Human Biology Research Laboratory) is co-directed by Dr. Josh Snodgrass and Dr. Zachary DuBoi". UO Biomarker Cluster. 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  15. ^ "What a Drop Can Do: Dried Blood Spots as a Minimally-Invasive Method for Integrating Biomarkers into Population-Based Research (WP-06-16): Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University". www.ipr.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
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