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Kristina Tiedje, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculté d'Anthropologie et de Sociologie
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Office: Bâtiment K, Campus Porte des Alpes
Email: kristina.tiedje at univ-lyon2 dot fr


[ Short Vita]

Academic Appointments/Positions

Associate Professor in Anthropology (Maître de Conférences Titulaire), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (since 2006, currently on leave).

Researcher, Laboratoire des Enjeux Contemporains (LADEC-FRE2002) (since 2016)

Researcher, Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Anthropologiques (CREA) (2006-2016)

Research Consultant for Qualitative Methods, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA (2009-2014).

Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota (2009-2012).

Research Fellow, Program for Bioethics Research, Mayo Clinic (2008-2009).

Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences stagiaire), Anthropology, Université Lyon 2 (2005- 2006).

Visiting Lecturer, Ethnology, University of Paris X-Nanterre (2006-2007).

Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Researcher, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, Paris, France (funded by the FYSSEN Postdoctoral Fellowship 2004-2005).

Visiting Researcher, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores (CIESAS), Mexico City, Project: "The Huasteca: Society, Culture, and Natural Resources: Past and Present" (1999-2002).

Core Researcher of the Workgroup Creative Responses to Sustainability CERES 21 (2005-2010).

Core Researcher, Research Group directed by Philippe Descola "Les raisons de la pratique: invariants, universaux, diversité," Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, Paris (2004-2007).

 

Education (back to top)

PhD in Anthropology, University of Oregon (2004).

MA in Ethnology, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (1998).

 

Research Collaborations (back to top)

Consultant, "Patient-centered dissemination of evidence-based medicine - SHARE EBM,"R24-AHRQ,PI: Montori, Mayo Clinic (2013-2016).

Co-Investigator, "Developing a patient-reported measure of burden of treatment in primary care" NIH 1R21NR012984-01A1, PI: Eton, Mayo Clinic (2012-2014).

Co-Investigator, "TRICEP", R18HS 18339-1 AHRQ, PI: Shah, Mayo Clinic (2009-2014).

Consultant, Rochester Healthy Community Partnership, Project: "Healthy Immigrant Families." PI: Sia, Wieland, Nigon, R01 HL111407-01 NIH (2012-2017).

Co-Investigator, "Healthy Immigrant Families: Working Together to Move More and to Eat, Well; Phase 1: Focus Groups to Inform Intervention Guide Development," PI: Wieland, Mayo Clinic CTSA CReFF Award, (2011-2012).

Co-Investigator,  "Cultural Expectations Surrounding Breastfeeding Initiation among Immigrant Populations (Somali, Hispanic, Asian)," PI: Yawn, Olmsted Medical Center Research, Rochester MN, USA (2010-2012).

Co-Investigator, "The Impact of Decision Aids to Enhance Shared Decision Making for Diabetes," R34DK 84009-1, NIDDK, PI: Montori, Mayo Clinic, (2009-2011).

Co-Investigator, "A proof of principle study of patients and physicians reflecting on predictive genomic risk assessment directly to consumers," PI: Cowl, Mayo Clinic (2008-2009).

 

Recent/Upcoming Presentations (back to top)

April 21, 2017. Conference presentation at the roundtable discussion: Ritual, Commemoration and Sacred Landscapes. Mountains and Sacred Landscapes Conference co-sponsored by the India China Institute and the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (ISSRNC).

October 22, 2015. Public Lecture: The Health Effects of "Illegality" among Latinos in southern Minnesota." Rochester Public Library, Rochester, MN.

May 29, 2015. Session co-organizer (with James Quesada): Im/migrant Suffering: “Illegality,” Health and Vulnerabilities in the U.S. and South of the Border. Panelists: N. Kline, K. Tiedje. P. Bourgois, H. Castaneda, M. Melo, A. Escobar Latapi, L. Green. LASA 2015 International Congress: Precaridades, Exclusiones, Emergencias. San Juan, Puerto Rico

May 29, 2015: Presentation: Embodied Vulnerabilities: Health Effects of “Illegality” among Latino Im/migrants in Southern Minnesota. LASA 2015 International Congress: Precaridades, Exclusiones, Emergencias. San Juan, Puerto Rico

November 7, 2014. Public Forum: Religion, Sex and Nature in Latin America. Panelists: Carlos Monge, Kristina Tiedje, and Cymene Howe. Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University. With support from the Luce Foundation. Washington D.C., USA

November 6-7, 2014. Presentation: The Politics of Nature Spirituality: Indigenous Social Movements and the Progressive Sector of the Catholic Church in Rural Mexico. Workshop: Religion and Democratic Contestation in Latin America: Rights and Justice Claims around the Environment and Gender/Sexuality. A project of the American University's Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) with support from the Henry Luce Foundation. American University, Washington, D.C., USA

October 9, 2014. Presentation: "Migrant Suffering and the Health Effects of 'Illegality'." Assisi Heights Spirituality Center, Sisters of Saint Francis, Rochester, MN, USA

April 9, 2014. Presentation: "Health Adversity among Latino Immigrants in Minnesota." Rotary Club, Austin, MN, USA

March 20, 2014. Presentation: "Recasting Anthropological Responsibility." Panel: Double Session in Memory of Professor Emeritus Philip D Young, Anthropologist and Mentor across Cultures. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology Albuquerque, NM, USA.

March 19, 2014. Presentation: "Medical Humanitarianism in the U.S.: Alternative Healthcare, Spirituality, and Political Advocacy in the Case of Our Lady of Guadalupe Free Clinic." Presenter: K. Tiedje. Authors: K. Tiedje and D. Plevak. Panel: Defining New Spaces of Healthcare. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, MN, USA.

March 4, 2014. Presentation: "Factors that lesson the burden of treatment in complex patients with chronic conditions: A qualitative study." Presenter: Jennifer Ridgeway. Authors: JR Ridgeway, J Eggington, K Tiedje, M Linzer, D. Boehm, S Poplau, D Ramalho de OIliveira, L Odell, V Montori, DT Eton. 18th Annual MN Health Services Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

March 4, 2014. Presentation: "Finalizing a Measurement Framework of Burden of Treatment in Complex Patients with Chronic Conditions." Presenter: David T Eton. Authors: DT Eton, JR Ridgeway, J Eggington, K Tiedje, M Linzer, D. Boehm, S Poplau, D Ramalho de OIliveira, L Odell, V Montori, DT Eton. 18th Annual MN Health Services Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

December 12, 2013. Presentation. "Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Huasteca, Mexico. Ritual and Danzas." Elton Hills Elementary School, Rochester, MN, USA.

November 11, 2013. Presentation: "Ecologías indígenas y espiritualidad de la naturaleza en la Pastoral Indígena de la Huasteca. XVIII Encuentro de Investigadores de la Huasteca, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.

November 4, 2013. Presentation: "Healthy Eating and Wellbeing among Somali, Cambodian, Mexican, and Sudanese Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S.: A Focus Group Study". Presenter: K. Tiedje. Authors: K. Tiedje, M. Wieland, S. Meiers et al. Session: Non-governmental and community-based organizations' role in refugee and immigrant health., Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, USA.

October 2013. Presentation: "Finalizing a Measurement Framework of Burden of Treatment in Complex Patients with Chronic Conditions." Presenter: David T. Eton. Authors: David T. Eton, Jennifer Ridgeway, Jason Egginton, Kristina Tiedje, Mark Linzer, Deborah Boehm, Sara Poplau, Djenane Ramalho de Oliveira, Laura Odell, and Victor Montori. 20th Annual meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL), October 9-12, 2013, Miami, FL, USA.

June 12, 2013. Public Lecture: «  Fragilités incorporées : Les effets sur la santé de « l'illégalité » des migrants mexicains aux USA » Séminaire du CREA (Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes Anthropologiques), Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France.

April 2013. Poster: "Perspectives on physical activity among immigrants and refugees to a small urban community in Minnesota." Authors: Mark L. Wieland, Kristina Tiedje, Sonia Meiers, Ahmed A. Mohamed, Christine Formea, Jennifer Ridgeway, Gladys Asiedu, Ginny Boyum, Jenny A. Weis, Julie A. Nigon, C. Patten, Irene G. Sia.Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM), Denver, CO, USA.

March 2013. Talk: "Embodied Vulnerabilities: Health Affects of "Illegality" among Mexican Migrants." Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, CO, USA.

March 2013. Talk: "Indian Theology in Mexico: Toward A Political Ecology of the Sacred." Annual Meeting of Political Ecology Society (PESO), held in conjunction with the Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, CO, USA.

March 6, 2012. Presentation: "A Qualitative Study Normalizing Decision Aids in Chronic Disease Management," Presenter: K. Tiedje. Authors: K. Tiedje, N.Shippee, A. Johnson, et al. Minnesota 16 th Annual Health Services Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

March 2012. Presentation: "I like my piece of pie": Understanding Patients' Experiences of Diabetes Disease Management Work Through Qualitative Research, Presenter: K. Tiedje. Authors: K.Tiedje, N.Shippee, A. Johnson, et al. Minnesota 16th Annual Health Services Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

March 2012. Presentation: "Understanding the Normalization of Decision Aids in Chronic Disease Management: A qualitative study of patients and clinicians in rural primary care practices", Presenter: K. Tiedje. Authors: K. Tiedje, N.Shippee, A. Johnson, et al. Second Annual Shared Decision Making Symposium, St. Louis. MI, USA.

September 2011. Presentation: "What does 'culture' have to do with milk? Cultural Models and Early Breastfeeding Beliefs and Practices Among Somali and and Mexican Women in the United States," Presenters: K. Tiedje and Lauren Texter. Authors: K. Tiedje, Lauren Texter, Barbara Yawn, Bi-Annual Meeting GAA German Anthropological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde), Vienna, Austria.

 

 

 

 


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