L.E. (Leigh) Rich

Degrees and Training

• Ph.D. Health and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Colorado
• M.A. Medical and Cultural Anthropology, The University of Arizona
• B.A. Cultural Anthropology, The University of Colorado
• Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication, SOPHE, Chicago
• Effective STD/HIV Behavioral Interventions, CDC Prevention Training Center, Denver
• Allard Capitol Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Fieldwork Training in Cultural Anthropology, Dorf Tirol, Italy
• AtlasTi Training, The University of Colorado

Research Interests

• Bioethics, biotechnology, and the law
• Health communication
• Health, gender and the media
• Prevention of human trafficking
• Telemedicine
• Anthropology of the body
• Embodiment, personhood, and the ethics of treating the body as property
• U.S. health policy and the future of American medicine
• Political economic and feminist perspectives of health
• Effective prevention and intervention
• Programs for STDs and HIV/AIDS
• History of science, medicine, and the common law
• Qualitative research methods
• Computer-aided qualitative data analysis