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Jennifer Fraser

Dr Jennifer Fraser

Research Associate

Research interests

  • Equality
  • History
  • Medicine
  • Sociology

Biography

Dr Jennifer Fraser is a historian of medicine, whose research investigates the politics of epidemiological knowledge production from global north and global south perspectives.

She is currently a Research Associate on the Wellcome Trust-funded project 'Cartographies of Cancer: Epidemiologists and Malignancies in Sub-Saharan Africa.'

She has a particular interest in Arctic and African contexts, and the role that social, technological, and scientific forces play in the formation and implementation of public health policy.

Research

  • History of Medicine
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Health Humanities
  • Reproductive Justice
  • Colonialism and post-colonialism
  • Indigenous Health

Jennifer is currently involved in a historical and ethnographic study of the history of African cancer registration. This project traces the colonial genealogies and scientific and political rationalities underpinning the collection, storage, and subsequent analysis of African cancer data.

She is also conducting preliminary research into the history and politics of hyperemesis gravidarum-a condition that affected her profoundly during her first pregnancy.

Further details

See Jennifer's research profile

    Research

    Reproduction research cluster logo
    Reproduction Research Group

    Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.

    CWP6
    Spatialities and Networks of Cancer

    The Spatialities and Networks of Cancer research cluster examines historically and ethnographically practices that spatialize cancer. Working across the North and the South, our research pays particular attention to South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

      Research

      Reproduction research cluster logo
      Reproduction Research Group

      Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.

      CWP6
      Spatialities and Networks of Cancer

      The Spatialities and Networks of Cancer research cluster examines historically and ethnographically practices that spatialize cancer. Working across the North and the South, our research pays particular attention to South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.