Zika paper accepted by Annals of Human Biology

At the HBA annual meeting in Austin, TX on April 11-12, PhD student Mandy Guitar (HBA Student Officer) will be hosting a workshop for students around establishing an online presence. Dr. Lynn will be presenting a poster on data collected in 2017 in American Samoa as part of the Inking of Immunity study called "Tatau and the hygiene hypothesis: Retesting the inoculation effect of tattooing in American Samoa" with co-authors M Howells, D Herdrich, J Ioane, D Hudson, ST Wilson Fitiao. Details are at www.humbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-HBA-Program_.pdf.

At the AAPA annual meeting Dr. Lynn is co-author with Michaela Howells on a talk called "Zika Virus and maternal stigmatization: Supporting maternal and child health through religious engagement in American Samoa" and will be giving a talk with Dr. Howells co-authoring called "​Fight the bite: Zika Virus, personal responsibility, maternal stigmatization, and disabled children in American Samoa."