Dr. Bianca Dahl

Biography

Bianca Dahl is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. She is a sociocultural medical anthropologist with deep interdisciplinary commitments, particularly focused on the social impacts of humanitarian global health initiatives and their responses to epidemics. Bianca received her PhD in Comparative Human Development from the University of Chicago and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. Her research explores foreign-funded efforts to mitigate the consequences of HIV in Botswana and includes her book manuscript, 'Inventing Orphans: Emotional Economy of “Culturally Sensitive” Foreign Aid,' which critically examines the discourse of cultural sensitivity and its unintended harms. Bianca's recent research highlights the medical aftermath of the opioid epidemic in Canada, particularly regarding patient-doctor communication in the post-opioid landscape. She teaches courses in sociocultural medical anthropology, science technology studies, African studies, and international development.

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