Peggy Bentley, PhD

Peggy Bentley is professor of nutrition and associate dean for global health for the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health. Prior to her tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill, Bentley was associate professor of international health at Johns Hopkins University. She is a medical anthropologist (PhD in Medical Anthropology, University of Connecticut) whose research and publications focus on women's and infant's nutrition, behavioral research on sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and community-based interventions for nutrition and health. She holds memberships in the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Medical Anthropology, and the American Public Health Association. She is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology.