Nina Etkin | |
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| Born | June 13, 1948 |
| Died | January 26, 2009 |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Known for | Ethnobotany, Economic botany, Ethnopharmacology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology, Botany |
Nina Lilian Etkin (June 13, 1948 – January 26, 2009) was an American anthropologist and biologist. Etkin was noted for her work in medical anthropology, ethnobiology, and ethnopharmacology. She studied the relation between food and health for over thirty years. Her work involved complementary and alternative medicines for prevention and treatment in Hawai‘i; the use of ethnomedicines in Indonesia; and health issues in Nigeria. She won numerous grants and awards from national and international agencies and published several books as well as over 80 professional articles in peer reviewed journals.[1]