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Bernstein, Robin Miriam

Associate Professor

Positions

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Bernstein's research program aims to unite theoretical and methodological approaches from the fields of anthropology, nutrition, and physiology to understand variation in human growth and development within an evolutionary, adaptive, and applied framework.

keywords

growth and development, endocrinology, maternal-infant physiology, global health, life history evolution, lactation biology and breastfeeding, professional development and mentoring

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- DR. FUNDING OR How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Grant Writing. 188-191. 2020
- Growth and development 2019
- Hormones and the evolution of childhood in humans and nonhuman primates. 103-119. 2016
- Ontogeny, Life History, and Maternal Investment in Baboons. 225-255. 2006
- Ontogeny, life history, and maternal reproductive strategies in baboons.. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138-138. 2003
conference proceeding
- Neonatal hair as a record of maternal and fetal exposures. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 36-36. 2022
- Accuracy of anthropometry-based equations versus air-displacement plethysmography for the estimation of fat mass in rural Gambian infants. American Journal of Human Biology. 2021
- Allometric correlates of infant mass growth rate variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 158-158. 2020
- Short-term wasting, linear faltering, and Type X Collagen. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 196-196. 2020
- Milk macronutrient composition over the first year of lactation in a rural Gambian population and its effect on infant growth and health outcomes. American Journal of Human Biology. 2020
journal article
- The Impact of Excluding Adverse Neonatal Outcomes on the Creation of Gestational Weight Gain Charts Among Women from Low- and Middle-income Countries with Normal and Overweight BMI. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1465-1474. 2024
- A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation. Communications Biology. 2024
- Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ: British Medical Journal. e072249-e072249. 2023
- Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines. New Directions for Evaluation. 180-184. 2023
- Risk factors for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain in 25 low- and middle-income countries: An individual-level participant meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine. e1004236-e1004236. 2023

Teaching

courses taught

ANTH 2020 - Human Biological Variation and Adaptation
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2024
Introduction to human biology, variation, and adaptation. Explores humans as a species through an understanding of biological variation and adaptation. Recommended prerequisite: ANTH 2010.
ANTH 2040 - Laboratory in Human Biological Variation and Adaptation
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021
Experiments and hands-on exercises designed to enhance understanding of human genetics, anatomy, and function of the principles and concepts presented in ANTH 2020. One two-hour class per week. Recommended corequisite: ANTH 2020.
ANTH 3010 - The Human Animal
Primary Instructor - Summer 2024
Identifies genetic, anatomical, physiological, social, and behavioral characteristics humans share with other mammals and primates. Explores how these characteristics are influenced by modern culture. Recommended prerequisite: ANTH 2010.
ANTH 4120 - Advanced Biological Anthropology
Primary Instructor - Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Selected topics in physical anthropology emphasizing faculty specialties. Topics may include population genetics and its application to understanding modern human diversity, human population biology, and primate ecology and evolution. Check with department for semester offerings. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ANTH 5120. Recommended prerequisite: ANTH 2010 or ANTH 2020 or EBIO 1210 or EBIO 1220.
ANTH 7020 - Seminar: Biological Anthropology
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
In-depth discussion of selected topics in physical anthropology with emphasis on recent research. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2004
B.A., Rutgers University New Brunswick 1997

International Activities

geographic focus

Gambia Country
United Kingdom Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-7527