Melissa Edoh's research interests include cross-cultural understandings of health and disease, especially mental health, the practice of international development, and oral histories, with a geographic focus on Africa. Potential dissertation topics include an examination of the meanings/definitions of alcohol use and abuse in Southern Africa, and the impact of these definitions on the development of tools and structures to address alcohol use in the region.
Melissa holds a SB in Political Science with a minor in African Studies from MIT ('03), and a MSc in Population and International Health from the Harvard School of Public Health ('08). Melissa has researched the practice of home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia, first as an MIT Center for Reflective Community Practice Fellow, and then as a Fulbright Scholar. She also has experience in program management and implementation, and in the development of health-related curricula for adults and young people of varying literacy levels.
Originally from Togo, Melissa also grew up in Zimbabwe and the Washington, DC area, and has been (happily) calling Boston/Cambridge home for the past several years.
medical anthropology; mental health; alcohol studies; international development; narrative/oral histories; Africa and African diaspora
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