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Jenny Tung

Jenny Tung

Visiting Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary Anthropology
jenny.tung@duke.edu
Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708
08 Bio Sci, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

NAS Member

National National Academy of Sciences · 2024

Nomiated for Duke Postdoctoral Mentoring Award

University Duke University · 2013

Chicago Fellows Post-Doctoral Fellowship

National University of Chicago · 2010

Katherine Goodman Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship

Other Unknown · 2009

Primate Genomics Initiative Graduate Student Fellowship

University Duke University · 2009

In the News

Published May 3, 2024
Five Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published August 2, 2022
These Baboons Borrowed a Third of Their Genes From Their Cousins
Published April 6, 2021
A Male Baboon’s Dominance Gives Him Babies, but Costs Him Years
Published February 18, 2021
Learning From Our Closest Relatives
Published September 16, 2020
Fundamental Concepts: Primate Evolution's Tangled Tree
Published October 15, 2019
How Status Sticks to Genes
Published September 25, 2019
Duke's Jenny Tung Wins $625k MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant
Published December 17, 2018
Baboon Sexes Differ in How Social Status Gets 'Under the Skin'
Published September 26, 2018
Jenny Tung Wants to Know How Social Stresses Mess With Genes
Published March 23, 2017
Researchers Win $1.2M to Study Social Mobility in Meerkats
Published November 24, 2016
Upward Mobility Boosts Immunity in Monkeys
Published April 25, 2016
Like humans, baboons with tough childhoods die earlier
Published April 20, 2016
For baboons, a tough childhood can lead to a short life
Published April 14, 2016
Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Baboons
Published February 22, 2016
Two Junior Faculty Named 2016 Sloan Fellows
Published April 2, 2015
Being Born in Lean Times Is Bad News for Baboons
Published March 17, 2015
Study finds baboon friends regularly swap gut germs
Published March 16, 2015
Baboon Friends Swap Gut Germs
Published September 17, 2014
Having a boyfriend can make you live longer (at least if you're a baboon)
Published September 11, 2014
The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}: Baboon Friendships; 1,000th Heart Transplant
Published September 10, 2014
Lady Baboons With Guy Pals Live Longer