Roberto Frisancho

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Roberto Frisancho

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Anthropology (Emeritus)

218-B West Hall, 1085 S. Unviersity Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107

Office Location(s): 218-B West Hall
Phone: 734.764.6552
arfrisan@umich.edu
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  • Affiliation(s)
    • Anthropology
  • About

    (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1969). Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Anthropology; Research Scientist, Center for Human Growth and Development. Adaptive aspects of growth, human biological adaptation to environmental extremes including heat, cold, solar radiation, high altitude, undernutrition and overnutrition, Westernization; Latin America.

  • Education
    • B.H., National University of Cuzco, Peru, 1962
    • M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1966
    • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1969
  • Awards
    • 1960-1964, Fulbright Fellow
    • 1991-95, National Science Foundation Grant