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Mason receives Virchow Award

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – The Society for Medical Anthropology's Critical Anthropology for Global Health Caucus has selected Assistant Professor of Anthropology Katherine Mason as the recipient of the Rudolf Virchow Award. Mason won the award for her article, "H1N1 Is Not a Chinese Virus: the Racialization of People and Viruses in Post-SARS China." A winner is selected annually for work with a "critical anthropology focus with rich ethnographic data" and "critical perspectives in medical anthropology."