Dr. Alana Helberg-Proctor

Dr. Alana Helberg-Proctor is an interdisciplinary social scientist and Assistant Professor in the Health, Care and the Body programme group at the UvA Department of Anthropology. In her work, she focuses on diversity and (in)equality in contemporary and historical healthcare and medical science. She investigates how 'race' and 'ethnicity' appear in biomedical research, health policy, and healthcare in the Netherlands and Europe. More specifically, she explores how scientific and technological practices in care and medicine are intertwined with society, politics, cultural values, and historical post-colonial context.