Vasundhra

Vasundhra began her journey as an anthropologist in India, drawn to people, their stories, traditions, and ancestry. Her work has taken her from tribal villages and nomadic landscapes to advanced laboratories studying the human past, where she witnessed how deeply culture, environment, and policy shape health outcomes. Her fieldwork with pastoral nomads in Leh-Ladakh revealed how climate change quietly erodes livelihoods and health security, while her research at BITS Pilani during the COVID-19 pandemic explored the psychosocial dimensions of resilience and well-being. These experiences shaped her conviction that health is inseparable from its social and cultural context. Transitioning into policy research, she worked on a project on affordable generic medicines in Karnataka, collaborating with doctors, entrepreneurs, and communities to evaluate India’s largest public health initiative. This experience underscored for her the systemic barriers to healthcare access and the need for policies informed by lived realities. Now pursuing a Master’s in Global Health at the University of Geneva, Switzerland and complementing it with courses in environmental economics and food sustainability at the Graduate Institute, Vasundhra continues to bridge anthropology and policy. Her work reflects a commitment to advancing health equity by addressing the social, cultural, and structural determinants that shape human well-being.

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Probability in Genetics

Probability in Genetic is used to measure the likelihood that a certain event will occur, where an event is defined as the combination of one or more outcomes.

Genetics

Genetics is a branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. When these anthropology and genetics intersect, we get anthropological genetics

Holism

In the realm of anthropology, holism refers to the commitment of anthropologists to consider the complete context of a society when conducting their research.

Reflexivity

Reflexivity in anthropology refers to the process of critically considering and being aware of the researcher's own impact on the research setting, participants, and outcomes.

Senescence

Senescence refers to the biological process of aging, characterized by a progressive decline in physiological function and an increased susceptibility to disease and death.

Co-Twins

Co-twins, simply referred to as twins, are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be categorized broadly into two types: monozygotic or identical twins, who originate from a single fertilized egg that splits into two, and dizygotic or fraternal twins, who arise from two separate fertilized eggs.

Foster Children

Foster children refer to minors who have been placed in the care of a foster family or foster care system due to various reasons, such as neglect, abuse, or the inability of their biological parents to provide adequate care.

Online Ethnography

Online ethnography, sometimes referred to as digital or virtual ethnography. It involves researchers participating in and observing interactions within online spaces such as social media platforms, discussion forums, online games, and virtual worlds to understand the cultural phenomena and social interactions that occur within these digital environments.

Genome Imprinting

Genomic imprinting refers to an epigenetic phenomenon in which the expression of a gene depends on the parent it's inherited from. Some genes are expressed in a parent-specific manner, meaning they're active only when inherited from the mother or the father.

Genomics

Genomics, a subfield of genetics, involves the study of the complete set of DNA within a single cell of an organism. The human genome, specifically, contains all of the biological information needed to build and maintain a human being.

Descent and Alliance

Descent and alliance remain vital constructs in the anthropological study of human societies, providing key insights into our understanding of kinship, family structures, and social relationships.

Twins Study

Twins are individuals who are born from the same pregnancy and share the same birth date. They are characterized by a close genetic relationship, as they typically originate from the fertilization of a single egg by a single sperm, which then splits into two embryos.