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Research Interests
Biological anthropology, adaptability, growth and development, nutrition, South America, Asia, and United States.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bioanthropology, PhD, University of Michigan
… → 1987
Research interests keywords
- Biological anthropology
- Income inequality
- Indigenous amazonians
- Metabolic health
- Yakut (sakha)
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Grants
- 29 Finished
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Eating to fit in: Impacts of acculturative stress on diet change and metabolic health among immigrant young adults in Spain
Leonard, W. (PD/PI)
12/1/20 → 11/30/22
Project: Research project
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Walking Green: Developing an evidence-base for Nature Prescriptions
Horton, T. (PD/PI) & Leonard, W. (PD/PI)
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
5/1/16 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
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Consequences and Context of Stunting in the Bolivian Amazon
Leonard, W. (PD/PI)
University of Georgia, National Science Foundation
7/1/15 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Conceptualizing the Adaptive Significance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Cold Climates
Leonard, W. (PD/PI)
3/1/15 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
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The adaptive significance of brown fat among the Yakut of Siberia
Leonard, W. (PD/PI)
1/1/15 → 2/29/16
Project: Research project
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Adult knowledge of wild plants associated with limited delayed health and nutritional benefits for children or adults in the face of external change: A yearly panel (2003−2010) study among Tsimane’, an indigenous Amazonian society in Bolivia
Godoy, R., Huanca, T., Leonard, W. R., McDade, T., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A. Y. & Tanner, S., Sep 2024, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 45, 5, 106594.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing Children's Growth and Motor Development after the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the REACT Project
Leonard, W. R., Jul 2024, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 36, 7, e24123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Changes in adult well-being and economic inequalities: An exploratory observational longitudinal study (2002–2010) of micro-level trends among Tsimane’, a small-scale rural society of Indigenous People in the Bolivian Amazon
Godoy, R., Bauchet, J., Behrman, J. R., Huanca, T., Leonard, W. R., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A., Tanner, S., Undurraga, E. A. & Zycherman, A., Apr 2024, In: World Development. 176, 106518.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Pearl Memorial Lecture. Humans at the extremes: Exploring human adaptation to ecological and social stressors
Leonard, W. R., Mar 2024, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 36, 3, e24010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Biocultural and evolutionary approaches to the study of human diseases: Integrative perspectives from biological anthropology
Leonard, W. R., Dec 2023, In: American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 182, 4, p. 632-634 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access
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Archival Version
Godoy, R. A. (Creator) & Leonard, W. R. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2020
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37671, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37671
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Version 2
Godoy, R. A. (Creator) & Leonard, W. R. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2020
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37671.v2, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37671/versions/V2
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