Kathryn Law Hale
BA Anthropology, Emory University, 2006
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
halek@ucla.edu
Subfield
Psychological and Medical Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology
Research Interests
Cross-cultural perception of mental illness and pharmaceutical medications; mood disorders and culture-bound syndromes; clinical trials; biomedicine; embodiment; narrative
Publications
Deidre M. Edwards, Kathryn L. Hale, Rachel E. Maddux, and Mark H. Rapaport. CH 104: Anxiolytic Drugs. Psychiatry, Third Edition. A Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman, M. First, and M. Maj, eds. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (April 2008).
Grants and Awards
University of California: Los Angeles – Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (Summer 2009)
Foundation for Psychocultural Research - Culture, Brain, & Development Predoctoral Graduate Fellowship (2009-2010)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2010-2013)
Conference Presentations
Mark H. Rapaport, Kathryn L. Hale, Margaret A. Koury, Andrew Shubov, and Catherine J. Bresee. The role of oxytocin, vasopressin and cortisol in the beneficial effects of massage. Society of Biological Psychiatry 2008 Poster Presentation.
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