{"id":184452,"date":"2025-04-14T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/sma-virtual-speaker-series-dr-monica-berger-gonzalez-april-18-2025-society-for-medical-anthropology\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:43:17","slug":"sma-virtual-speaker-series-dr-monica-berger-gonzalez-april-18-2025-society-for-medical-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=184452","title":{"rendered":"SMA Virtual Speaker Series \u2013 Dr. M\u00f3nica Berger Gonz\u00e1lez, April 18, 2025 \u2013 Society for Medical Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<td><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/medanthro.net\/28de2a2e-e949-477b-9a15-1f380ebead86\" alt=\"A person wearing a green necklace&#10;&#10;AI-generated content may be incorrect.\"\/><\/td>\n<td>Welcome to the Society for Medical Anthropology\u2019s very first Virtual Speaker series, where we invite scholars to deliver a presentation on their work. The purpose of this series is to:\u00a0\u00a0provide an additional platform for our SMA members to connect and interact, and\u00a0invite our members to communicate with scholars engaging in medical anthropological research being conducted all around the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This first talk features <strong>Dr. M\u00f3nica Berger Gonz\u00e1lez, <\/strong>who leads the Unit of Medical Anthropology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. She is a researcher on transdisciplinary One Health approaches and further leads the Green Health Initiative (GHI).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<td colspan=\"2\">The GHI is dedicated to intercultural health research and development to advance indigenous Mesoamerican ethnomedicine and sustainable plant-based solutions for health and wellbeing. Dr. Berger Gonz\u00e1lez has led over 25 projects engaging traditional knowledge and modern high-tech solutions for adaptation to Climate Change in low-resource settings. This experience led her to co-found an NGO in lake Atitlan, Guatemala, committed to fostering symbiotic income-generation strategies respectful of Nan Ulew (Mother Earth). In this webinar, Dr. Berger Gonz\u00e1lez discusses her work and how ethical issues of the ownership of indigenous knowledge plays a large role in her advocacy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a0<strong><u>Friday, April 18 at 3PM PST\/5PM CST\/6PM EST<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where: Zoom Webinar \u2013 Registration required:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/csudh.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_O9jIKQpWRFinn4wSEtbmEg__;!!P7nkOOY!rw0MQJzLlLijSIpNpFNN6ZB2RUC0cFqhKPz0dRYO45Ai11sjQ59WTWqzXFbpQoQq-etIHuIU_ZTNBIXyhUpMumgkolN2$\">https:\/\/csudh.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_O9jIKQpWRFinn4wSEtbmEg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please direct any questions to Dr. William Lucas at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medanthro.net\/sma-virtual-speaker-series-dr-monica-berger-gonzalez-april-18-2025\/mailto:wlucas@csudh.edu\">wlucas@csudh.edu<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Society for Medical Anthropology\u2019s very first Virtual Speaker series, where we invite scholars to deliver a presentation on their work. 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