J. Josh Snodgrass, PhD, is professor and department head in Anthropology at the University of Oregon and Invited Faculty in the Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity at Hokkaido University. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His research focuses on how social and environmental factors influence health, using biomarkers of physiology, health, and aging. He directs the Global Health Biomarker Laboratory at the University of Oregon, serves as co-director of the Shuar Health and Life History Project (Ecuador), and co-directs the Homelessness Policy and Health research group.