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Christine M. Drea
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
cdrea@duke.edu
Duke Box 90383, 08 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0383
129 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
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Lemur Health, the Microbiome, and Condition-dependent Signals
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2025
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social and ecological influences on brain anatomy
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2023 - 2025
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Antimicrobial resistance as a form of anthropogenic disturbance to lemur gut microbiomes
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2020 - 2022
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A comparative study of gut microbiomes in folivorous lemurs: Effects of captivity, habitat, and evolutionary history
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2019
Life in the wild takes guts: The gut microbiome relative to the phylogeny, folivory, and environment of endangered Malagasy lemurs
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation ·
2017 - 2018
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Relationship Between Maternal Social Status, Offspring Health, and Female Dispersal Success in Wild Meerkats
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2018
Linking Dietary Quality to the Gut Microbiome of Endangered Malagasy Primates
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation ·
2015 - 2017
REU Supplement: Mechanisms of Social Dynamics in Meerkats
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2010 - 2016
Mechanisms of Female Dominance and Reproductive Skew in a Cooperative Breeder
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2010 - 2016
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Behavioral And Social Effects of Hormone Manipulation in Female-Dominant Lemurs
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2013 - 2015
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Impact of Genetic Health on Parasite Prevalence, Diversity, and Burden in Wild Ring-Tailed Lemurs, Lemur catta.
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2012 - 2015
Olfactory Communication in Primates
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2007 - 2010
Patterns of lemur reproductive and behavioral development
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2004 - 2007
