Dr. Dominique Behague

Biography

Dominique Pareja Behague holds a BA and MA in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College, a PhD in Social Anthropology from McGill University, and an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Previously, she was affiliated with the Department of Anthropology at Brunel University and held an honorary appointment at LSHTM. She has over eight years of experience at King's College London. Her research focuses on Southern Brazil, exploring the intersections of psychiatric reform, social movements, and the emergence of 'adolescence' as an object of psycho-developmental expertise. Dominique co-designed a longitudinal ethnographic sub-study of the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort, collaborating with notable professors and emphasizing the integration of ethnographic methods in the longest-running cohorts globally. Her work encompasses sexual reproductive health politics and has attracted funding from several prominent institutions including the National Science Foundation and the World Health Organization. In addition to over 50 peer-reviewed articles, she has edited and co-edited special issues on topics such as the anthropology of psychiatry. Her research has received media attention and she has contributed to various podcasts and invited talks.

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