Ruthbeth Finerman
Professor
Department of Anthropology
The University of Memphis
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Finerman received her PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles. She specializes in research and teaching in applied medical anthropology, focusing on family health and caregiving, international health services delivery, reproductive health and childbirth, ethnomedicine and ethnobotany, mental health, and program evaluation to improve healthcare quality and access for underserved populations. She was a Fulbright Scholar, and has received the University of Memphis Outstanding Young Researcher Award, the University of Memphis Distinguished Teaching Award, the College of Arts and Science Excellence in Teaching Award, the Thomas Briggs Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award, and Dunavant Professorship.
Research Interest
Applied medical anthropology, family health and caregiving, reproductive health and childbirth; ethnomedicine and ethnobotany; mental health; international health services delivery, health program evaluation, health disparities and barriers to care among US immigrant, refugee, and economically disadvantaged populations; indigenous and peasant populations in South and Central America.
Publications
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2013  Sagrestano, L., J. Clay, and R. Finerman. Transportation vulnerability as a barrier to service utilization for HIV-positive individuals.  AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.819403.
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2014  Finerman, R. God's Laboratory: Assisted Reproduction in the Andes by Elizabeth F. S. Roberts. American Anthropologist 116(4):889-890.
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2015  Finerman, R., A. Sanders, and L. Sagrestano. Pregnancy and Birth as a Medical Crisis. In: The Wrong Prescription for Women: How Medicine and Media Create a "Need" for Treatments, Drugs, and Surgery, M.C. McHugh and J.C. Chrisler, Eds. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3176-8 ABC/CLIO.
