Research
Ancient Diseases and Nutrition
Mission
The Ancient Diseases and Nutrition Working Group is an interdisciplinary network of researchers dedicated to reconstruction of ancient health, nutrition and living standards through historical, anthropogical, bio-archaeological and bio-molecular methods.
Members
Charles Stanish, Professor (Anthropology), Executive Director of IASCE
Gregory Herbert, Associate Professor (Geosciences), Director of IASCE
Gloria Ferreira, Professor (USF Health -Molecular Medicine)
Robert Tykot, Professor (Anthropology)
Rays Jiang, Associate Professor (USF Health - Department of Global Health)
Andrea Vianello, Visiting Research Fellow (Anthropology)
Greg O’Corry-Crowe, Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute - Florida Atlantic University
Gregory Hunter, Research Associate, Rays Jiang Lab (Computational Biology & Integrative Biology)
Enrico Greco, Research Associate, USF Institute for the Advanced Study of culture and the Environment
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Davide Tanasi and Enrico Greco published a major paper on ground-breaking analytical investigations of material culture of ancient Egyptian religion and medicine.
Tanasi, D., van Oppen de Ruiter, B.F., Florian, F. et al. Multianalytical investigation reveals psychotropic substances in a ptolemaic Egyptian vase. Scientific Reports 14, 27891 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78721-8