Tess Bird

medical anthropologist, writer, editor, consultant

Publications

Magazine and News Articles

Podcast Hosting and Appearances

Creative Writing

  • Connecticut Review, Fall 2008.
  • The Norton Pocket Book of Writing by Students, 2010; Ed. Melissa A. Goldthwaite; W.W. Norton & Company.

Academic Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Anthropology

  • Bird, T. and Jensen, T. (2021) What’s in the refrigerator? Using an adapted material culture approach to understand health practices and eating habits in the home. Social Science and Medicine. 292: 114581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114581
  • Bird, T. (2021) Being Alone Together: Yoga, bodywork, and intimate sociality in American households. Anthropology and Medicine. 28(3):395-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2021.1949960
  • Bird T. (2019) The Creativity of Everyday Uncertainty: Improvisation, material security, and wellbeing in urban households in the Northeastern United States. Journal of Organisational Ethnography, 9(1):1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1108/JOE-12-2017-0073.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles in Public Health and Science Studies

Commentaries and Letters

  • Egilman D, Castleman B, Bird, T. (2021) Letter to the Editor Regarding Bolluck 2020. Critical Reviews in Toxicology. Ahead of publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408444.2020.1856773 
  • Bird T and Egilman D. (2019) A Letter from the Editors: An Introduction to the Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity. The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 1(1). Online: https://doi.org/10.35122/jospi.2019.873868
  • Tran T, Steffen J, Clancy K, Bird T, and Egilman D. (2019) Talc, Asbestos, and Epidemiology: Corporate Influence and Scientific Incognizance. Epidemiology. 30(6): 783–788. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784763/
  • Egilman D, Bird T, Mora F, Druar N. (2011) Gets AIDS and survive? The “perverse” effects of aid: addressing the social and environmental determinants of health, promoting sustainable primary care, and rethinking global health aid. Int J Occup Environ Health. Oct-Dec 2011;17(4):364-82. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22069935/​

Tess Bird

medical anthropologist, writer, editor, consultant

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