Curriculum Vitae Colleen H. K. Nyberg. Webpage: Education

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1 Curriculum Vitae Colleen H. K. Nyberg Department of Anthropology Tel.: (773) Hinman Avenue Fax: (847) Evanston, IL Webpage: Research Interests: human biology, biocultural approaches to health, ontogeny and psychobiology of the stress response, growth and development, developmental plasticity, ecology of infectious disease, acculturation and health, evolution of human life histories, hierarchical linear models to assess multilevel and longitudinal change Education 2004-Present Ph.D. Candidate Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Dissertation Research: Market integration, stress, and child health among the Tsimane of the Bolivia Amazon 2004 M.A. Anthropology (GPA 4.0) University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri Thesis: Social contact and child morbidity in a rural Dominican village 2001 B.A. Anthropology, magna cum laude Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin Phi Beta Kappa Northwestern University Honors and Awards 2008 American Association of University Women American Dissertation Fellowship 2008 Northwestern University Graduate Research Grant, $3000 to support analysis of salivary cortisol samples 2007 Northwestern University Graduate Research Fellowship (research finds and stipend) 2007 Foster/FAN Grant, for equipment purchase and pilot research in Bolivia 2006 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (BCS ) for research on "Market integration, stress, and child health among the Tsimane' of the Bolivian Amazon." 2005 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Institute for Policy Research (tuition allowance and stipend)

2 Colleen Nyberg CV Page Graduate Student Association Travel Grant ( ) 2004 Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship (tuition allowance and stipend) University of Missouri-Columbia 2004 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 2003 National Science Foundation funded fieldwork for MA, (SBR ) 2003 Graduate Fellowship (tuition allowance and stipend) 2004 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research 2004 Graduate Student Association Travel Grant 2003 Grand Lodge Masonic Scholarship Beloit College 2001 Phi Beta Kappa 2001 Andrew Whiteford Award, outstanding senior anthropology major 2000 Mortar Board National Honor Society 1999 Shimonek Scholarship 1998 Beloit Presidential Scholarship 1998 Grand Lodge Masonic Scholarship 1998 Beloit Venture Grant Recipient Professional Training 2007 Dissertation Fieldwork in Dept. of the Beni, Lowland Bolivia Assisted health unit of the of TAPS panel survey, collected salivary cortisol samples from over 300 children and their parents, twice a day across three consecutive days, collected whole blood spots, and anthropometrics in six Tsimané villages 2005 NSF Summer Field Training in Methods of Data Collection in Cultural Anthropology, Lowland Bolivia, June-July, practiced quantitative anthropological field methods in anthropometrics, blood spot collection, behavioral observation, survey design and translation, assessment of economic resources, and statistical analysis under Dr. Ricardo Godoy and in conjunction with the longitudinal Tsimane Amazonian Panel Survey ( Training in Methods for Human Biology Research, Northwestern University Laboratory for Human Biology Research, under Director Dr. Thomas McDade, collection of minimally invasive biomarkers for health assessment, including finger prick blood spots, salivary collection, and ELISA assay for biological samples 2003 Anthropological fieldwork for Masters Thesis, Dominica, West Indies, July- August, collected GIS data to explore the spatial distribution of morbidity in a Caribbean village; conducted focal follows of children; collected salivary cortisol samples for

3 Colleen Nyberg CV Page 3 longitudinal health and child stress study under Primary Advisor Mark V. Flinn, University of Missouri (NSF#SBR ) Appointments and Teaching 2008 Instructor, Patient, Physician, and Society, Seminar for second year medical students at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Instructor, SERTS (Science and Engineering Research Tutorials), What s Stress Got to Do With It? and Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health 2008 Teaching Assistant, Anth 306, Evolution of Life Histories, Dr. Erin Waxenbaum, Northwestern University 2007 Teaching Assistant, Anth 213, Human Origins, Lecturer and Lab Section Instructor, Dr. Kelley MacFarland, Northwestern University 2007 Teaching Assistant, Anth 391, International Perspectives on Mental Health, Dr. Rebecca Seligman, Northwestern University 2006 Teaching Assistant, Anth 306, Evolution of Life Histories, Dr. Christopher Kuzawa, Northwestern University 2005 Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Thomas McDade, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University 2004 Teaching Assistant, Anth 149/150, Introduction to Biological Anthropology Dr. Carol Ward, University of Missouri-Columbia 2003 Teaching Assistant, Anth 149/150, Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Dr. Daniel Wescott, University of Missouri-Columbia Research Assistant, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow E. Andrew Balas, MD, PHD, Center for Health Care Quality, University of Missouri- Columbia (RO1 HS10472) 2001 Teaching Assistant, Anth 105, Society and Culture, Dr. Nancy McDowell, Beloit College Professional Organizations American Anthropological Association American Association of Physical Anthropologists American Association of University Women Community of Science

4 Cells to Society (C2S), The Center for Social Disparities in Health Human Biology Association Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi Society for Scientific Research Colleen Nyberg CV Page 4 Invited guest editor for Society, Biology and Human Affairs (Journal of the Biosocial Society, UK), Biocultural Issue Abstracts and Publications Nyberg CH, McDade TW, Tanner S, Huanca T. (Abstract) Market integration, stress, and child health among the Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon. Human Biology Association, Annual Meeting 2009 Nyberg CH, Leonard WR, McDade TW, Tanner S, Reyes-Garcia V, Huanca T. (Abstract). Multilevel modeling of longitudinal child growth data from the Tsimané of the Bolivian Amazon. American Journal of Human Biology, Annual Meeting Issue 2008 McDade TW and Nyberg CH. (In press) Acculturation and health. In, Human Evolutionary Biology, Michael Muehlenbein (Ed.), Cambridge University Press Nyberg CH, McDade TW, Leonard WR, Tanner S, Reyes-Garcia V, Vadez V, Huanca T. (2006). Stress, immune function, and child health among the Tsimane of lowland Bolivia. American Journal of Human Biology 18(2):264. McDade TW, Reyes-Garcia V, Leonard WR, Tanner S, Nyberg C, Vadez V, Godoy R, Huanca T. (2006). Ethnoecological knowledge and child health in lowland Bolivia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129: S42. Nyberg CH, and Flinn MV. (2004). Spatial distribution of childhood morbidity patterns in a Dominican village. (Abstract) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 123: S38. Balas EA, Nyberg CH, Boren SA, Jang J, Pakpahan RM, Jenders RA, Lobach DF. (Under Review) Perilous Procedures in the Management of Common Conditions: A Systematic Review. Archives of Internal Medicine. Manuscripts in Preparation Godoy R, Nyberg CH, Goodman E, Reyes-Garcia V, Huanca T, Leonard W, McDade TW, Tanner S, Vincent Vadez (To be submitted 12/08). Individual wealth rank, community wealth inequality, and self-reported poor health: A test of hypotheses with panel data ( ) from native Amazonians, Bolivia. Target Journal: Social Science and Medicine.

5 Colleen Nyberg CV Page 5 Nyberg CH. (In preparation). Multiple measures of culture change predict stress-induced immunosuppression among Tsimane children of the Bolivian Amazon. Target Journal: Biology, Society, and Human Affairs. Nyberg CH. (In preparation). Using multilevel modeling to assess individual variation in longitudinal statural growth from the Tsimane Amazonian Panel Study. Target Journal: American Journal of Human Biology Invited Lectures Globalization and child health, AAUW Annual Business Meeting, Chicago-Deerfield Branch, Spring 2009 What s stress got to do with it?, Anthropology Colloquia, Beloit College, WI, Fall 2008 The psychobiology of stress, International Perspectives on Mental Health, Global Health 390, Invited lectures by Dr. Rebecca Seligman, Feb. 2007, May 2008 Brain drain and infant growth, Evolution of Life Histories, Anthropology 306, Invited Lectures Dr. Christopher Kuzawa, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 Current Collaborators Dr. Mark Flinn, University of Missouri (currently collaborating on social interaction and child morbidity in Dominica, West Indies) Dr. Ricardo Godoy, Brandeis University and Tsimane Amazonian Panel Study (currently collaborating on the effects of status on negative emotion and subjective health with panel data from ) Dr. Susan Tanner, University of Georgia-Athens (currently collaborating on integration of child health data from the Tsimane Amazonian Panel Study including birth weight, stress hormones, intestinal parasites, and anthropometrics) Graduate Advisors Northwestern University: Dr. Thomas McDade and Dr. William Leonard (Co-chairs), Dr. Christopher Kuzawa, Dept. of Anthropology University of Missouri: Dr. Mark Flinn (Chair), Dr. Lisa Sattenspiel, Dr. R. Lee Lyman Dept. of Anthropology, Dr. David Geary, Dept. of Psychology