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Hannah is a first year (fall 2023) biological anthropology PhD student. During her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico she researched oral health disparities in deceased contemporary New Mexicans using postmortem CT scans (anthropology honors research) and paleopathology in skeletal remains of the Classic Maya throughout the agricultural transition (McNair Scholars research). For her doctorate, she is studying skeletal biology and its connection to the rest of the body using biomarkers and bone turnover markers. She is interested in how other body systems interact with and affect (and vice versa) the human skeletal system across varying lifestyles and environments. Hannah is also passionate about teaching and outreach and plans on gaining meaningful teaching and mentoring experience during her time at UO. She works with Dr. Snodgrass in the Global Health Biomarker Lab.