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Katherine Kenny is an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney, in the Centre for Social Research in Health. She earned her PhD in Sociology Science Studies from the University of California, San Diego in 2015. Her research draws from science and technology studies as well as post-structuralist theories, employing qualitative methodologies to understand how health and illness are constructed, treated, and experienced in meaningful ways. Her work emphasizes the influence of dominant cultures on health, biomedicine, and care practices. Kenny's research interests encompass health and illness, biopolitics, new materialisms, and the politics of knowledge production related to lived experiences of illness and wellness care. Her publications cover a variety of empirical topics, including lived experiences of advanced cancer, informal care, and cultural understandings of cancer in India. Additionally, she focuses on the social and relational dimensions of cancer survivorship, examining the experiences of diagnosed individuals, their families, and health professionals. Moreover, she is engaged in research addressing antibiotic governance within the context of the growing global health threat of antimicrobial resistance.
UNSW Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Katherine Kenny is involved in academic research and collaboration projects related to health and illness.
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