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Past Research

At the Limits of Cure

ISG faculty Bharat Venkat’s book At the Limits of Cure (Duke University Press, 2021) addresses the notion that in both scholarly and popular conversations, cure is frequently taken as an ending—of illness, treatment,…

Past Projects –>

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History of Public Mental Health

Principal Investigator(s): Marcia Meldrum In the past 50 years, through the initiative and efforts of clinicians and staff, social workers, advocates, family members, and people with mental illness themselves, Los…

Modeling the Evolution of Technology

Principal Investigator(s): Erik Gjesfjeld, Michael Alfaro, Christopher Kelty This project aims to utilize recent advancements in macroevolutionary research in order to develop new insights into the evolution of technology within…

Intense Human Social Bonds and Healthy Gene Expression

Principal Investigator(s): Martie Haselton, Steve Cole Social isolation is associated with disease and mortality, as well as changes in immune cell gene expression, including upregulation of pro-inflammatory genes and downregulation…