Current projects

GRANTS:

Fogarty International (NIH) Award, Building Capacity of Tobacco Cessation in India and Indonesia.  2007–2013. [PI] [$1,505,900].

http://quittobaccointernational.org/

Optimus Foundation (UBS Bank), Social Science Support for Buruli Ulcer Research in Benin, The Cameroon, and Ghana (Research Support), 20012-2015 [$100,000 per year].

NIH/NCI Tobacco Cessation Training for acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic practitioners,  R01 CA137375-01AI (Myra Muramoto, PI; Mark Nichter, Co-Investigator), 2009–2014 [$3,141,019]

Publications in progress 

[Emery R. Eaves, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, Mark Nichter, Elizabeth Sutherland, and Sam Dworkin].  Managing Temporomandibular Dysfunctions:  From works of illness to double binds.

[Elyse R. Park, Joanna Streck, Ilana Gareen, Mark Nichter, .Kelly Hyland, Hannah Pajolek,Jamie Ostroff, Nancy Rigotti].  How lung screening affects risk perceptions: a qualitative study among National Lung Screening Trial Participants.

[M. Nichter, S. Padmawati, N. Ng, and QTI Indonesia].  Using DOTS Providers as smoking cessation enablers for TB patients:  Lessons from an Indonesian Pilot project.  International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

[Kim Kelly and Mark Nichter].  What can anthropology contribute to clinical trials.

[Megan Prescott and Mark Nichter].  Transnational nurse migration: future directions for anthropological research.

[Jennifer Thompson, Mark Nichter, and Cheryl Ritenbaugh].  Choosing bioidentical hormone therapy.

[Jennifer Jo Thompson and Mark Nichter]. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the US Health Insurance Reform Debate: An Anthropological Assessment Is Warranted.[Amy Dao and Mark Nichter].  Global Health insurance schemes and the politics of the possible.

[Tanja Ahlin and Mark Nichter].  Insured in India: Overview of the current health insurance landscape and setting the research agenda for anthropologists.