Nora Ellen Groce is an anthropologist, global health expert and Director of the Disability Research Centre at

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. She is known for her work on vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries and in particular for her work on people with disabilities in the developing world. Her doctoral dissertation, published by

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in 1985, ''Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard'', is considered a classic work in the disability studies and ethnographic literatures. An undergraduate major in

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

at the

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(1974), she received her PhD in

medical anthropology Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and applied ...

from

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and then served as Research Fellow at the

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from 1984 to 1990. She joined the faculty of the

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from 1991 to 2008, rising to the rank of associate professor. In 2008 she left the

to take the Leonard Cheshire Chair and become Director of th
Leonard Cheshire Disability Research Centre
at the University College of London. Groce has undertaken applied research on subjects such as

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

and

disability Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be Cognitive disability, cognitive, Developmental disability, dev ...

domestic violence Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner ...

, the impact of the

HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...

on people with disabilities, disabled populations’ access to

health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

and

social justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

. Among her most recent work is her publication on disabled street beggars in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

(2013), and on the emerging issue of Global disabilities for the Lancet (2018). Author of over 250 journal articles, books and reports, she is a regular adviser for UN agencies, national governments and non-governmental organisations. She sits on a number of scientific advisory panels and review boards. Groce is also known for her teaching and mentoring. While a research scientist at

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she regularly taught

and international health courses. Working with Professor Lowell Levin, she helped establish and run the Global Health Division at the Yale School of Public Health in 1991, teaching a number of courses on global health, international development and social justice.

Notable works

*Groce, Nora Ellen (1985). ''Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness on Martha's Vineyard''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. . Retrieved 25 June 2015. *Groce N. 2018. Global Disability: An emerging issue. Lancet Global Health: 6:7:724-725

References

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