Research
Ancient Diseases and Nutrition
Mission
The Ancient Diseases and Nutrition Working Group is an interdisciplinary network of researchers dedicated to reconstruction of ancient health, nutrition and living standards through historical, anthropogical, bio-archaeological and bio-molecular methods.
Members
![Sample](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/davidetanasi1.jpg.jpg)
, Professor (History), Director of the Ancient Diseases and Nutrition Working group
![Sample](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/charlesstanish.jpg)
Charles Stanish, Professor (Anthropology), Executive Director of IASCE
![greg herbert](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/herbert2018.jpg)
, Associate Professor (Geosciences), Director of IASCE
![Gloria Ferreira](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/gloriaferreira1.png)
, Professor (Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health -Molecular Medicine)
![Robert Tykot](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/rykot.jpg)
Robert Tykot, Professor (Anthropology)
![Sample](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/raysjiang.jpg)
, Associate Professor (Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Health - Department of Global Health)
![Vianello](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/andreavianello.jpg)
Andrea Vianello, Visiting Research Fellow (Anthropology)
![Greg o'Corry](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/gregocorry.jpg)
, Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute - Florida Atlantic University
![hunter](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/gregoryhunter.png)
, Research Associate, Rays Jiang Lab (Computational Biology & Integrative Biology)
![Swamy Adapa](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/swamyadapa.jpg)
, Lab Manager, Rays Jiang Lab (Computational Biology & Integrative Biology)
![grecoe](/arts-sciences/institutes/iasce/images/greco.jpg)
, Research Associate, Â鶹ÃÛÌÒAV Institute for the Advanced Study of culture and the Environment
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Davide Tanasi and Enrico Greco published a major paper on ground-breaking analytical investigations of material culture of ancient Egyptian religion and medicine.
Tanasi, D., van Oppen de Ruiter, B.F., Florian, F. et al. Multianalytical investigation reveals psychotropic substances in a ptolemaic Egyptian vase. Scientific Reports 14, 27891 (2024).