Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
College of Public Health and Health Professions
alys.yng@ufl.edu
Reseach Interest
  • Maternal/child health and nutrition
  • Environmental health justice
  • Applied biocultural/medical anthropology
  • Pastoral and rural smallholder communities
Area of Research
Community and Economic Development, Cross-Disciplinary Methodologies, Cultural and Social Factors, Women's Health
Region of Practice
Africa, Sahel, Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia