Dr. Alison Behie

Biography

In 2010, Alison received her Ph.D. from the University of Calgary in Biological Anthropology with a specialization in primatology. Her dissertation examined the effects of the major hurricane on howler monkey populations in Southern Belize, specifically focusing on the roles of food supply, nutrition, stress hormones, and parasitism in the recovery of the population. Between 2009 and 2011, Alison lectured in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Calgary and in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Royal University in Calgary. In 2011, she was appointed as a lecturer in Biological Anthropology at ANU and was appointed Head of the Biological Anthropology School of Archaeology and Anthropology in 2015. From 2016 to 2021, Alison was an ARC DECRA fellow researching the impact of cyclones and hurricanes on the behavior and distribution of lemurs in Madagascar and New World monkeys in Central America. Following this project, she became the Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology. In addition to her main research interests, which focus on the impacts of environmental change on non-human primates, Alison explores similar issues in humans, especially concerning prenatal stress and its effects on birth outcomes and early childhood development in populations across the Asia-Pacific region.

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