Melissa A. Liebert

Northern Arizona University — United States

Nursing · Health Sciences

25h-index2.7kcitations64works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Child Nutrition and Water Access(16), Indigenous Health and Education(8), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(7), Parasites and Host Interactions(7), Health disparities and outcomes(5)

Publications64 total

Salivary Testosterone, Age, and Adiposity Associations Among Shuar Males in Amazonian Ecuador Challenge Assumptions of “Normal” Testosterone Patterns
American Journal of Human Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Soil‐Transmitted Helminths and the Intricacies of Immunoregulation: Evidence From Amazonian Ecuador for the Importance of Considering Species‐Specific Effects Within the Old Friends Hypothesis
American Journal of Human Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Circulating Epstein–Barr Virus Antibody Levels as a Biomarker of Socioecological Adversity in Amazonian Ecuador
American Journal of Human Biology·2025· 1 cited
Testosterone, 8‐Oxo‐2′‐Deoxyguanosine (8‐OHdG) and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in Adult Shuar Males of Amazonian Ecuador: A Test for Evidence of Trade‐Offs Between Reproductive Effort and Oxidative Stress
American Journal of Human Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Somatic Symptoms Are Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies Among Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon
American Journal of Human Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
American Journal of Human Biology·2024· 9 cited
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 31 citedOpen Access
Homeless Opioid Treatment Clients Transitioning to Dependent and Independent Housing: Differential Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity
Substance Use & Misuse·2022· 4 cited
<scp>Age‐related</scp> patterns of cytomegalovirus antibodies accompanying <scp>Epstein‐Barr</scp> virus <scp>co‐infection</scp>
American Journal of Human Biology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Biocultural Strategies for Measuring Psychosocial Stress Outcomes in Field-based Research
Field Methods·2021· 12 cited
Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador
American Journal of Human Biology·2021· 8 cited
Pathogen disgust sensitivity protects against infection in a high pathogen environment
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 69 citedOpen Access
Childhood Daily Energy Expenditure Does Not Decrease with Market Integration and Is Not Related to Adiposity in Amazonia
Journal of Nutrition·2020· 42 cited
Market integration and soil-transmitted helminth infection among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
PLoS ONE·2020· 28 citedOpen Access
Disparities in bone density across contemporary Amazonian forager‐horticulturalists: Cross‐population comparison of the Tsimane and Shuar
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics·2020
Constraint and trade-offs regulate energy expenditure during childhood
Science Advances·2019· 64 citedOpen Access
Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
American Journal of Physical Anthropology·2019· 24 citedOpen Access
Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2018· 173 citedOpen Access
Market Integration Predicts Human Gut Microbiome Attributes across a Gradient of Economic Development
mSystems·2018· 40 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Lawrence S. Sugiyama(33), J. Josh Snodgrass(29), Theresa E. Gildner(26), Samuel S. Urlacher(26), Felicia C. Madimenos(26), Tara J. Cepon‐Robins(25), J. Josh Snodgrass(14), Paul Kowal(11), Aaron D. Blackwell(11), Geeta N. Eick(8), Richard G. Bribiescas(8), Somnath Chatterji(7), Joshua M. Schrock(7), Christopher J. Harrington(7), Tyler M. Barrett(6), Arokiasamy Perianayagam(4), Nirmala Naidoo(4), Tara J. Cepon(4), Dorsa Amir(4), Alese Colehour(4)