Claudia Valeggia

Professor Valeggia is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, from where she received her degree in biological sciences (U of Buenos Aires).  She received her PhD from the University of California, Davis in 1996 and then went on to do a postdoc at Harvard University. In 2005 she joined the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and in 2014, she moved to Yale University where she is a professor in the Department of Anthropology.

Her work is primarily concerned with human reproductive biology and the ecological and cultural context in which it develops. Her research program takes a biosocial/biocultural approach to understand reproductive patterns, maternal and child health, and the health of Latin American indigenous populations. She thanks the Qom of the province of Formosa, Argentina for their collaboration, patience, and friendship.