João Biehl
João Biehl | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Rudolf Virchow Award (2008 & 2005), Margaret Mead Award (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical Anthropology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | The Brazilian Control of HIV/AIDS (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Rabinow |
João Guilherme Biehl is a Brazilian medical anthropologist known for his innovative studies of global health, poverty, and suffering. He is currently the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Director of the Brazil LAB at Princeton University.
Biehl's scholarship has earned widespread acclaim, as well as several of the anthropology's most prestigious awards. These include the Margaret Mead Award, Diana Forsythe Prize, and two Rudolf Virchow Awards. Biehl was also a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow.