Career
Snodgrass began his academic career in anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he also worked as manager of the anthropology laboratories. [1] In 1996, he took part in a United Nations-sponsored human-rights mission in Croatia through Physicians for Human Rights. [8] As part of a forensic team, he helped analyze remains from a mass grave near Vukovar, contributing to war crimes investigations related to the Yugoslav Wars. [1]
Snodgrass joined the University of Oregon faculty in 2005. [2] He holds appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Food Studies and Global Health programs. [9] He co-directs the Global Health minor program and the university’s Center for Global Health. [2] Current he is also serving as Department Head of Anthropology. [3]
He is co-director of the Shuar Health and Life History Project [9] in the Amazon region of Ecuador, [10] which began in 2007. In 2024, he became co-director of the Homelessness, Policy, and Health project based in Eugene, Oregon. [11] He has collaborated for nearly two decades with the World Health Organization on projects including the Study on global Ageing and adult health (SAGE), the Tunisian Health Examination Survey, and the World Health Survey Plus. [1]
In 2013, he received the Michael A. Little Early Career Award from the Human Biology Association. [12]
Snodgrass was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his work in human biology, particularly in areas related to global health, nutrition, energetics, aging, and evolutionary medicine. [4]
In 2014, he was recognized in the Profiles in Excellence series at the University of Oregon for his advising and mentorship. [7] He was also named a “Scientist to Watch” by The Scientist magazine. [1]
Research
Snodgrass’s research focuses on human biological adaptation, the health effects of social and environmental change, and the use of minimally invasive biomarkers in population health studies. [3]
From 2001 to 2015, he co-directed the Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project, which examined metabolic adaptation to cold stress and health transitions among Indigenous populations in post-Soviet Russia. [13] The project found elevated resting metabolic rates in response to cold exposure, a decline in adaptation over time, and links between subsistence practices, thyroid function, and seasonal variation. [14]
Since 2005, Snodgrass has co-led the Shuar Health and Life History Project in Ecuador. [15] [10] [16] This work investigates how economic development affects health among the Shuar, contributing findings on inflammation, bone density, immune development, and growth patterns. [9] At the University of Oregon, Snodgrass directs the Global Health Biomarker Laboratory, which develops and applies techniques such as dried blood spot, saliva, hair, and urine analysis. [17] His 2007 co-authored paper “What a drop can do” promoted wider adoption of these methods. [18]
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