Sausage Of Science

“The Sausage of Science Podcast with Cara & Chris” From the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association SoS24- Milk, Microbiomes, and Social Networks: A Chat with Courtney Meehan In episode 24, we talk with Dr.Courtney Meehan, Associate Professor of Evolutionary and Cultural Anthropology at Washington State University. Dr. Meehan’s research interests include infant and child physical, social, and emotional development, parental and alloparental reproductive and investment strategies, and breastfeeding, lactation, and human milk composition. In this episode, she discusses her path to anthropology, as well as her ongoing cross-cultural research that integrates human milk composition, infant microbiomes, and social networks. For more information on Dr. Meehan’s work, check out her website with the Department of Anthropology at WSU: https://anthro.wsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/courtney-meehan/ or her Biocultural Anthropology Lab website: https://labs.wsu.edu/meehan/ . Dr. Meehan also several opportuni