I am an Anthropologist and Data Scientist who studies biocultural variation in longitudinal health and child growth. I use Bayesian models to assess predictors of growth and health outcomes, and my research integrates health, socio-ecological, and genetic data to study human biological variation in diverse contexts.
I work with three ongoing field studies in Dominica, Bangladesh, and Argentina researching health, growth, and biodemography in rural and indigenous populations. I am also currently working with intergenerational data from the COVID-19 and Infant Feeding Study as well as the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to address maternal/infant health and disparities in US pregnancy outcomes.
Monica H. Keith
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Washington
Department of Anthropology
Seattle, WA 98195
mhkeith@uw.edu
Appointments and Education2020- Postdoc, University of Washington
2014-20 PhD, University of Missouri
2012-14 MA, University of Missouri
2009-12 BS, Texas State University
Saint David, Dominica
[Genetic Project Lead]
Population genetics, quantitative genetics, GWAS of cardiometabolic traits, admixture mapping, impacts of colonialism in the Caribbean
Matlab, Bangladesh
[Collaborator]
Child growth and development, impacts of household economic strategies, women's productive work, parental investment, Bayesian modeling, climate effects on health
Formosa, Argentina
[Collaborator]
Infant and child growth, impacts of birth mode and breastfeeding, Bayesian modeling of growth, biomarkers and life history transitions
