Tara Cepon Robins

Biological Anthropologist @ UCCS. Human Biology Association Secretary. Interested in parasites, immune systems, inequality, and health.

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

So exciting! I have a chapter in this and I'm honored to be included in a collection with so many amazing scholars! Can't wait to see the book! @LaithAlShawaf, I bet it feels fantastic to finally get this out there!

[Laith Al-Shawaf ليث الشواف @LaithAlShawaf]

I'm delighted to announce a new book coming out this month: The Oxford Handbook of Evolution & the Emotions (TOHEE)!

https://t.co/070pNPV24r

This book took several years and a whole LOT of teamwork to put together.

It's an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural effort. 👇🧵

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@asher_rosinger @HumBioAssoc @brewis_alex @SSUrlacher @MorganHoke @koobiforafs It was great to see you, Asher!

Also, I have all the "official" photos of the awards. I will share those with everyone next week when I'm done traveling! Award winners, please let me know if you need photos sooner. We'll send over email and post online!

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

Our new paper is now published online in @HumBioAssoc! Led by the amazing @HolyLaetoli, we show that PCOS-related hyperandrogenism may have had adaptive benefits, situating it more strongly as a mismatch disease!

[Courtney Manthey @HolyLaetoli]

So excited to share our paper, Hyperandrogenism associated with polycystic ovary syndrome may have a protective effect against fracture risk in female athletes: A pilot study was published in AJHB! @HelminthLady

Check out our very pink💕 article 👇🏼

https://t.co/u4oJHxDsZI

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

The Community Building and Networking Program is hosting a webinar to support participants who are working on presentations for the conference: an open conversation about tips and best practices for creating a poster and/or talk. Please come with your tips and questions:

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

#CountdownToHBA2024 Congratulations to 2024 Franz Boas Award winner, Alexandra Brewis @brewis_alex. The Boas Award is our career achievement award which honors a member of the HBA for exemplary contributions to human bio in science, scholarship, & other professional service.

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

Woo hoo! #CountdowntoHBA2025

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

The #CountdowntoHBA2024 Spotlight on HBA Secretary, Dr. Tara Cepon-Robins (@HelminthLady) from @UCCS .

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

About a month away! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in L.A.!

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

#CountdownToHBA2024 We are just 29 days away from the start of the 2024 Human Biology Association Conference in Los Angeles, California. Check out the Conference Agenda for an overview and details of the upcoming sessions! https://t.co/NTxQW6tCbS

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

The #CountdownToConference is on! HBA Student Members, applications for Student Travel Awards are due tomorrow, February 15th.

[Andy Kim (김우영) @kim_woo_young]

🚨 Our Special Issue in @AmJBioAnth is out! 🦠

Evolutionary, Ecological and Biocultural Perspectives on Infectious Disease and Pandemics 🧬

Read about the causes, spread, and effects of pandemics across human history - from the Pleistocene to today! 🦴 https://t.co/E1mjxuOVJa

[Andy Kim (김우영) @kim_woo_young]

@HelminthLady @TEGildner evaluate the physical health effects of helminth infections and gastrointestinal disease risk in a sample of Black American children and raises these threats to health as an under-recognized public health concern in the US South 🧬

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@HolyLaetoli Yay! YOU are the coolest. And that summit decor is so pink, I bet you felt right at home!

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

UCCS Anthropology's (@UCCS) very own former student @HolyLaetoli guest-hosted this awesome Sausage of Science podcast! Way to go, Courtney!

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

Welcome to Bizarro World, Sausage of Science listeners! @CaraOcobock is on the show...as a guest! She is joined by @professorlacy to discuss their recent @AmAnthroJournal articles "Woman the hunter: physiological evidence" & "archaeological evidence” https://t.co/sAYXUCj6Id

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@asher_rosinger @penn_state Congratulations!!!!

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@RGBribiescas You're on this paper...so if you don't hear about it from me in the next several months, send help because that means the paper won.

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

Do all academics have a paper they've been working on for almost a decade that fills them with such existential dread to work on that it feels like the only way it will ever get out there is with an actual exorcism? No? Just me? #AcademicTwitter #Academic

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@RGBribiescas How did you manage to find that actual footage of me trying to figure out how to move forward with this paper???? Haha!

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@taylor_vandoren Very close! The existential dread is so intense that it has never actually left my clutches to get reviewed in the first place. It just sits in a folder on my computer and I revisit it every once in a while, have several intense panic attacks, and then ignore it some more.

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

@Rojelio Trichuris trichiura!

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

Someone working on our grant proposal on Google drive is an anonymous blobfish right now and this is making me giddier than it should...

[Tara Cepon Robins @HelminthLady]

Join us in Los Angeles, March 20-22, 2024 for Human Biology Association's annual meeting. Abstract submission is now open and abstracts are due on October 16, 2023!

[Human Biology Association & Amer J Hum Biol @HumBioAssoc]

Don't forget! Abstract submission is OPEN for the 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association (March 20-22, 2024, Los Angeles, CA)! More information can be found here. Questions can be directed to the Program Chair, Amanda Veile: [email protected]