Marissa Mika
Marissa Mika is a writer and editor living in Berkeley, California. She is the author of 'Africanizing Oncology: Creativity, Crisis, and Cancer in Uganda,' which was a finalist for both the ASA Best Book Prize and the Bethwell A. Ogot Award for Best Book in East African Studies in 2022. Before taking an early retirement from academia, Dr. Mika was the founding director of the medical humanities program at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Trained as a historian and anthropologist of medicine, science, and technology in Africa, she has a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in the History and Sociology of Science and a MHS in International Health from Johns Hopkins.
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Podcast with Marissa Mika, writer and editor, in conversation with Thandeka Cochrane, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King’s College, London. In this episode we travel to Uganda to hear the riveting story of the Uganda Cancer Institute. Following the publication of her long-anticipated book, Africanizing Oncology, we talk to Marissa about the tumultuous, long and vibrant history […]
