Dr. Daniel H. de Vries
Background
Danny de Vries received hisPh.D. in Anthropology (Human Ecology) at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC-CH/USA) and an M.A. in Social & Organizational Psychology from the University of Groningen, with a minor in cognitive sciences. He is part of the group Anthropology of health, Care and the Body, and affiliated to the Center for Social Sciences and Global Health (SSGH) and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies (AIAS). He supports the NWO funded project "Developing Sustainable Community Health Resources in Poor Settings in Uganda" which focuses on the roles and networks of community health workers.
Danny teaches courses in the Masters Medical Anthropology and Sociology (MAS) and Bachelor Anthropology, including Global Health, Development and Care, Ethnographic writing, and introduction to Medical Anthropology. He supervises students from various departments, including General Interdisciplinary Studies (ASW) in topics related to human, historical and medical ecology, anthropology of disaster, vulnerability and resilience, human resources for health and health systems, memory & temporality, landscapes and GIS. His areas of expertise include North America (USA) and Africa.
Previous Danny worked as a predoctoral trainee at UNC-CH’s Carolina Population Center, as Research Associate at UNC’s Center for Urban and Regional Studies, and as Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Manager for USAID’s Human Resources for Health Capacity Project (IntraHealth International).
Danny's research focuses on the role of memory-networks in reducing disturbance impacts and increasing systemic resilience in both health systems and health/hazardscapes. He has experience conducting research on human resources for health system strengthening, disaster risk mitigation / social vulnerability analysis, HIV/AIDS behavioral dynamics, nomadic pastoralist demography, and landscape preference.
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies
Centre for Social Science and Global Health
USAID HRH Capacity Project
The Dutch Human Resources for Health (HRH) Alliance
