Scholar Profile

Bri Matusovsky

Public Health

Biography

Bri Matusovsky is a final-year PhD Candidate in Medical Anthropology at UCSF-UC Berkeley. They are a graduate of Yale University, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a certificate in Global Health Studies. They are an environmental and medical anthropologist who investigates how the afterlives of colonial experimentation in the Caribbean shape contemporary culture and science in laboratories, agriculture, and environmental intervention. Their research and teaching interests include queer feminist theory, environmental racial justice, and the ethics of conducting science and research involving marginalized people, animals, and environments. In their free time, Bri teaches yoga classes and enjoys meditation, drag, reading and writing poetry, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.

Bri is currently applying for postdoctoral fellowships and academic positions in sociocultural/medical anthropology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), the environmental humanities, and related fields. If you have any advice, please let them know.

Outside of their academic research and teaching, Bri is interested in establishing a nonprofit, similar to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for medical practitioners, to match PhD graduates with postgraduate employment at academic institutions. They are also thinking about starting a yoga retreat business on the side. Please talk to them about these ideas!

High school:  Santa Monica High School

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