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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


Effect of Land-Use on Hantavirus Infection Among Introduced and Endemic Small Mammals of Madagascar.

Journal Article Ecology and evolution · April 2025 Hantaviruses are globally distributed zoonotic pathogens capable of causing fatal disease in humans. Addressing the risk of hantavirus spillover from animal reservoirs to humans requires identifying the local reservoirs (usually rodents and other small mam ... Full text Cite

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 assessed th ... 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
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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.