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Charles L Nunn

Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
Evolutionary Anthropology

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health · 2019 - Present Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology · 2013 - Present Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Research Professor of Global Health · 2013 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published March 9, 2025
In the Heart of Vanilla Country, Farmers on the Climate Frontlines Struggle to Adapt
Published November 26, 2023
Charles Nunn’s Unexpected Journey to Becoming an Evolutionary Biologist
Published February 7, 2023
Why Some Primates Are Susceptible to Parasites

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Recent Publications


Climate Change Perceptions and Adaptive Behavior Among Smallholder Farmers in Northeast Madagascar

Journal Article PLOS Climate · March 7, 2025 Climate change is impacting the food security and health of people worldwide, and the risk for smallholder farmers is particularly high. While many studies have forecast changes to food production at regional scales, fewer studies have directly ass ... Full text Cite

Disentangling social, environmental, and zoonotic transmission pathways of a gastrointestinal protozoan (Blastocystis spp.) in northeast Madagascar.

Journal Article American journal of biological anthropology · November 2024 ObjectivesUnderstanding disease transmission is a fundamental challenge in ecology. We used transmission potential networks to investigate whether a gastrointestinal protozoan (Blastocystis spp.) is spread through social, environmental, and/or zoo ... Full text Cite

Infectious disease responses to human climate change adaptations.

Journal Article Global change biology · August 2024 Many recent studies have examined the impact of predicted changes in temperature and precipitation patterns on infectious diseases under different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. But these emissions scenarios symbolize more than altered temperature and ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


US-Israel Collab: Market Integration, Land Use, and Pathogen Transmission in Rural Madagascar

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2028

Risk factor analysis and dynamic response for epidemics in heterogeneous populations

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2027

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human mobility and infectious disease transmission in the context of market integration

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 1999 Ph.D.